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School: Líonán

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Leenaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig M. Ó Mathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0074, Page 003

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    “Tá sé seana-fhothrach tighe ins an áit seo.”

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    About thirty years ago two R.I.C. men ordered a horse and car at Leenane Hotel to go back through Connemara searching for poitín. There was a woman who had poitín in her house and when she saw them coming she threw it into the pig's trough.
    They R.I.C. men looked everywheres for poitín in the house and while they were looking the horse drank the poitín. On their way back to the hotel again the horse fell on the road. After a while he
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    History Edit
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Peadar Ó Doirnín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leenaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Micheál Ó Catháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leenaun, Co. Galway