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School: Port Omna (B) (roll number 2174)

Location:
Portumna, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0057, Page 0151

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    car which the used to make out of rushes.
    The Stoney Island men let the Bonhams out around the car and they tied the poor innocent man in under the Kish in the car. Now this man had a terrible wild horse so they lashed the horse with a whip and they let him gallop up the road.
    When the horse was about a mile away he hit the rampart and he turned the car and the man was found unconscious on the road in under the car with his two legs and his arm broken. They took about twenty pounds off him.
    After this the fair in New-Bridge was abolished, hence this bridge has always been called bloody-Bridge or Pass if you can.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Portumna, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Aulbran V. Couser
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Michael Cooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway