School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)
- Location:
- Rossmore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Michéal Ó Corcora
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- (continued from previous page)As he was passing down the village the four men who had watched him attacked him. Two of them led him by the beard through the village, and two others beat him with sticks. Then they rolled two empty porter barrels after him. He was so enraged at this treatment that next morning he and four police came to Mac. Sweeney's and broke the licence. The men could not be found.
- There were three men there long - ago an English-man, an Irish-man and a Scotch-man. The Scotchman had a grand cow, the Englishman had a nice horse, and the Irish-man had only a donkey. They used to be laughing at the Irish-man because he had only a donkey. They went drinking to a house one day. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvreen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvreen, Co. Cork
