School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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- One day James Kirk, Drumass, Inniskeen, Co Monaghan was cutting turf, when an otter jumped out of the bog, and caught hold of his leg, and nearly pulled him in. Next day, it jumped out of the bog again, and only for his brother he would have had him in. A few nights afterwards four otters ran out infront of him on the road.
- There were a few men cutting sticks, when a deer ran out in front of them. They followed it for some time. At last they caught it and took it to Dublin, and got thirty pounds for it.
This happened at Hoey's Fort in the townland of Drumass, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan.
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