School: Leithead (roll number 5480)
- Location:
- Lehid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 154
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- Long ago there lived in Loughanacreen on old soldier whose name was Jeremiah Shea a native of Glenmore. In his youth he was very wild and very violent when he was drunk so he joined the English army. After a few years' service he had to go to the battle field and there he fought in several battles and escaped without a wound.
There he suffered terribly from hunger. On one occasion he paid a shilling for a pound of a gut of a horse to eat. this man had a very bad record in the army and very bad marks against him. One day they were turning up for a big battle and the officer addressed them. He said that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shelia O' Shea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughaunacreen, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mike Shea
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Loughaunacreen, Co. Kerry
