School: Béal an Átha Buí (Clochar) (roll number 15872)

Location:
Ballinaboy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr Tr. Ní Orcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0005, Page 145

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0005, Page 145

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    of the Fianna. He was a hundred years in Tir-na-n-og but he thought he was only a year there. All his friends when dead by now. Just then he saw a crowd of men trying to lift a stone. He bent down to lift it but the stirrup broke and he fell to the ground. Immediately he was turned into an old man, withered and grey and old. The steed vanished from his sight and he saw it no more.
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  2. Bróga
    Caitheann gach duine bróga anois. Caitheann na
    daoine thart timcheall na h-aáte seo bróga
    nuair atá siad in ann siubhal. Bhíodh na
    daoine ocht bliadhna déadh d’aois nó mar
    sin fadó nuair a thosóchaidís bróga a chaitheamh.
    Deisightear bróga ins na háite seo. ‘Siad na
    Gréasaidhe a dhéananns an obaur sin. Tugtar
    na buinn. Tugtar taoibhín ar leather atá
    fuághalta ar thaobh na bróige. Chéad ‘na
    mbíonn cíor air a dhéanann na tgréasaidhe
    gréasaidhe úsaid leis chun fuagháil. Ní caithtear
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mhadaín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Madaín
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballinaboy, Co. Galway