School: Muileann an Bhata (B.) (roll number 16478)

Location:
Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Mártan Ó Crotaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 088

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 088

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    put to bed for the morning. The Spaniard was drinking and dancing and was up two nights without going to bed to rest. After the third nights dance the Spaniard was very tired and was hardly able to fight. Before evening that day the Spaniard was badly beaten and the Irish man killed him with a deadly stroke. That evening the local men buried him in a field and the grave is still to be seen.
    Information received from Mrs Kinsella, Rathkieran Kilkenny.
    Writer Pat Phelan Scart Mullinavat Co. Kilkenny
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scart, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Kinsella
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkieran, Co. Kilkenny