School: Murvey (roll number 7193)
- Location:
- Murvey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean an Mhistéalaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0007, Page 286
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- (continued from previous page)living in Errismore and his name is Flaherty Món, and that he was staying in the big castle that is on the top of "Cnuc an Dhuín". This young boy said to his mother that he would kill this big Flaherty.
And the mother said to him that he had not even the chance to try it. This big castle is called in English a "Gasibo" it was surrounded by water and a person who wanted to see the Land Lord would have to be ferried into it.
This young man set off on his journey and when he reached this place which is now called BallyConneely. Everyone he met knew him out of the Conneelyies. He did not say anything but he asked everyone he met where was the old Land Lord living, and they told him. But they said he would have to be ferried across in a small boat to get to his place. So he went on and as he was very skilled at jumping when he came to this big river that surrounded the "Gasibo",(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Martin Mannion
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murvey, Co. Galway
