School: Leithrinn

Location:
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Labhradha

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 238

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About ninety years ago there lived a beggarman named John Boyle. He had no home neither was he anxious to have one. He scarcely ever left this district. He wore tattered clothes. He went from house to house begging. At night he went to a farmer's house. He asked for lodgings. Every farmer gave him lodgings in their turn. The farmer also gave him old

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Collector
Máiread Ní Mhainnín
Gender
female
Address
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Informant
Lúcás Ó Mainnín
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Language
English