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School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)

Location:
Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 193

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  3. XML “Story of a Rath”
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  1. Story of a Rath (continued)

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    a cup of water and threw it on his face. This did not waken him so she sent for some of the neighbours who carried him inside and put him to bed where he reamained asleep for a year.
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  2. Cock Fighting

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    Long ago the most sportly game in Ireland was cock fighting. At present this cock fighting game is against the law. The cocks then were not the same as the cocks that the farmer has at present. They were trained for fighting.
    Tom Corrigan told me that Mr. Parson Graignamanagh always kept fighting cocks. These cocks were fed on boiled beef and oaten meal, to be fitted for fighting, and their feathers cut short. When they were going
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Mc Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyjohnboy, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Tom Corrigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ballyjohnboy, Co. Kilkenny