School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 092
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- (continued from previous page)very often by several people and they want to catch him to ask him for money.
One man caught him going on gap and he man asked him where was his money. The man had him caught by the neck. The Leprechaun told hm to go over to that big stone and he would get it under the stone. The man brought him over beside the stone and the Leprechaun said to him "Look at that boat on the Shannon and the two beautiful ladies in it". When the man looked over to see the ladies in the boat, the Leprechaun got away, and he never saw him again.
- (In memory of the men who were shot at Selton Hill.
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On the afternoon of a bleak March day,
When machine guns on their thin ranks [?] play(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridie Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Mac Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
