School: Cloonacool (roll number 4802)
- Location:
- Cloonacool, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Blioscáin
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- Brigams Table
When the landlords owned the land round here there used to be a lot of men hunting out on the mountain. A man named Mr Young ruled this area. His son and a lot of other men did a lot of hunting. They used to spread there table-cloth at a place which is now "Brigams table". Its is so-called because the name of the landlords son was Brigam Young.
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- Rita Davitt
- Gender
- Female
- The Hare
In olden times Tireragh was a great place for hunting. One day there was a party of gentlemen hunting near Skreen. They failed to rise either a fox or a hare. They met a little boy on the road and the huntsman said he would give him a half crown if he could tell him where there was a hare. The boy was living with his grandmother in a cabin. He told her what the huntsman had(continues on next page) - Collector
- Philomena Bradley
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- Female
