School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 034

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  1. There was a famous character in North Kerry about fifty years ago. The name he was commonly by was Paddy the Gasc. He was a horse trainer and it was said he could do anything with a horse. It not matter whether he was drunk or sober.
    There is a place on the coast near Ballybunion called the Nine Daughters' Hole. To look down into this would frighten you as the sea dashes in with terrible violence. There is a path around it about three feet wide. A brave active man would be afraid to walk around this path but Paddy the Gasc rode a young half trained horse around it.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cahal Kennelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromin, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Jenny Histon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
  2. There was a man named John Guerin of Ballahadigue. He used to set from ninety to a hundred spades of baun potatoes in a day, and would mow from three quarters to an acre and sometimes more he was working at
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