School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

Location:
Newcastle, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 270

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  1. There is the ruins of an old castle in a field belonging to Michael Tracey. It is in this was the story originated. There was a man living in Clough named Paddy Byrene long, long ago. He used to go to England every year to work for a lord called Lord Robert Grey. One year he had not enough money to buy a ticket so he stayed at home. The landlord ordered him to pay his rent or he would evict him. Paddy had living in his house his wife and a servant boy called Mick O Connor. They had nothing on the farm except a stand of oats. Himself and his boy threshed the oats and sacked it for going to the market in Galway. He started at mid-night and was just going in near Galway when he met a gentleman on horse-back "Good day Paddy" said the man "Good-day your honour" said Paddy, "Have you
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Folktales index
    AT1792A: The Priest's Pig
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Cloonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Clogh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Honoria Cloonan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogh, Co. Galway