School: An Aill (Aille)
- Location:
- Aille, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Maitiú Ó Críocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0468
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- (continued from previous page)cradle. The all passed it but one officer. His name was De Burge. He stabbed the child to death with a bayonet. As he stabbed it to death the child was smiling in his face. He took up his estate soon afterwards. He was a very rich man, but he never had any comfort in his life. He could never look into a looking glass or attempt to shave himself. When he would look into a looking glass he could never see his own reflection but the smiling child whom he stabbed to death in the cradle.
- Collector
- Bridie Dillon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Kylegarriff, Co. Galway
