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Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 180

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    III
    As I was out for a walk one day it started to rain I went into a forge nearby for shelter.
    The smith was idle at the time so he started to tell me some stories which he had heared in his young days.
    One of the stories he told me was about a robber who lived in a cave in Cuileaach Hill.
    One evening as a woman who had been collecting rates around Leap was returning home the robber knew her and when he saw her coming he struck her with a bowl on the head and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séan Mac Cártha
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Diarmuid Ó hUallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Gabha
    Address
    Shreelane, Co. Cork