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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0211

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    The Derry Robbers
    There was a robber's haunt in Derry about a hundred years ago and their names were O'Maddens.
    They used to come there at night and dig caves in the ground to hide what they used to steal.
    Then they went out through the district to steal. Sometimes they stole sheep and killed them and hid them in the caves until next night when they came and carried them off to their homes.
    Val Hough,
    Fahy School,
    Eyrecourt.
    From
    Michael Hough,
    Greenfield,
    Eyrecourt.
    Age 60 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. robbers (~423)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Val Hough
    Gender
    Unknown
    Informant
    Michael Hough
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Eyrecourt, Co. Galway