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School: Snaidhm (C.) (roll number 11799)

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Sneem, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mrs Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 120

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    Askive lake Cromwell's men cut the heads and breasts off the people and he cut the breasts out of a woman and child on their way to Mass and threw their bodies into the lake and this water would not boil There was also a great fight in Scraṫan-an-Áir between the Fenians and the police and a great slaughter took place there and this is how it got its name.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    Over 90
    Address
    Derry East, Co. Kerry