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School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)

Location:
Durrow, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Sabhaois

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 080

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“There was a man living in Kilkenny named O Higgins.”

I heard the following story from Dan Meaden Bishop's Wood Durrow.
There was a man living in Kilkenny named O'Higgins. When he was seven years of age he fell asleep outside a rath. When he woke up he saw a book, a fiddle and a sword. He ran to the fiddle and picked it up. After picking it up it began to play.
Note by teacher.
There was a famous itinerant fiddler around Kilkenny named O'Higgins. He died about 10 years ago.

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Collector
Tom Carroll
Gender
male
Address
Bishop's Wood, Co. Laois
Informant
Dan Maher
Gender
male
Address
Bishop's Wood, Co. Laois
Language
English

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I heard the following story from my mother Mary Dowling, a native of Durrow.
There was a man coming from Ballepaggett. When he was coming near Durrow a man on a bicycle rode out beside him. The quicker he went the man beside him was as quick. When they were passing

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