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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An Br. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 134

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    that when he stood in the yard at the back of the house and gave a call for dinner, his sons used hear him.
    I heard of a man named John O'Connor who used to run to Castlemaine to the fair, by a lamb, put him on his shoulder and run back to Tralee again and arrive in time for an early dinner. My forefathers had a serving man who was a famous story teller. His name was John O'Neill. He used to say that Fionn MacCumhaill threw the rock that forms part of Fenit Island from the top of Mound Brandon.
    Peg Daly was a woman in her sixties and used man her boat as well as any fisherman and go lobster fishing and take messages to Fenit Lighthouse on the wildest winters nights. There
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvelly, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Lambe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Ballyvelly, Co. Kerry