School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    Long ago there lived a poor farmer and his name was John Galvin.

    Long ago there lived a poor farmer and his name was John Galvin. He and his wife and children lived all right for a time till Landlordisom came to the country. Then John Galvin had not enough for himself and wife and children. Once he was turned out of his little farm but after a piece he got it again. One time he was going to pay the rent. She was preparing him as well as she could to got to pay the rent before the fifth of December or he would be turned out of his little farm. He started off early in the morning to go and pay it. It was on horse back he went. It was late in the day when he reached
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    Folktales index
    AT0113A: King of the Cats is Dead
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tom Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meen, Co. Kerry