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School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

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Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 236

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    Hundan and Dundan and
    Daniel O'Laoghaire
    Hundan and Dundan were two brothers who lived in Rosmoylon long ago. (Rosmoylon is a district in the Parish of Kilbegnet Barony of Ballymoe) Daniel O'Laohaire had a small farm next to therm. Hundan and Dundan wanted Daniel O'Laoghaire farm so they said they would kill him. Daniel O'Laoghaire got a whimper of it one day. He used to sleep beside the door in a bed so he told his mother to sleep beside the door as he had to go a journey and that she would be there to open the door when he came. So his mother slept by the door that night.
    Hundan and Dundan came to kill him but instead they killed his mother. And the next day Daniel
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Connigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Derryhippoo, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Noone
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Derryhippoo, Co. Roscommon