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School: Geevagh (roll number 1213)

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Geevagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 208

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  1. A Story of a Landlord

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    A Land-lord named Thompson lived in Alderford. One day he saw the people going to "Lasar well" and he said to his servant "get my horse and car and I will put a stop to this". The horse ran into a quarry and killed the Land-lord and himself. The boy escaped.
    "Lasar is a blessed well on the right hand side of the Ballyfarnon-Keadue road.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maeve Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Paddy Mac Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Geevagh, Co. Sligo