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School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 182

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  1. How to Play Meg (continued)

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    you get two.
    The dances they dance on the dancing board are:- half set, four hand reel, whole set. They also have Irish dances such as:- The Blackbird and jigs, reels and hornpipes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Places and Stories

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    In Crutt there is a place called Sráid Ultact which means the street of the Ulster men. It is said that when the O'Neills and Maguires were returning from Kinsale they broke up and some of them came to that place and settle down there. There are a lot of O'Neills and Maguires in that place.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Fintan Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny