School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

Location:
Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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  1. This story tells about how Australia got its first donkey and cart, first load of potatoes, from the Demesne in Castlerea, County Roscommon.
    About eighty or ninety years ago when the Demesne in Castlerea was set in a man named Pat Rooney took a half an
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Chaoghain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Williamstown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pádraigh Mac Chaogain
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 55
    Address
    Williamstown, Co. Galway