School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)
- Location:
- Dursey Island, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 073
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- (continued from previous page)divided. The result of this was that they mixed the fields every way, every second field belonging to a different owner. This division continues to the present day, and is a very inconvenient arrangement, as nobody can go into one of his own fields without first crossing through some of the other man’s fields. There is no “right-a-way” allowed for a car – all you can bring is an animal and back loads.There are other Cáiscí families in the island, but this Seanchaidhe has no account of how they came there.Seán Ó H-Úrduil (Cáiscí)
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- A long time ago there was a crew of five men from Dursey line fishing up by the "Calf-Rock." Sometime during the day they saw this cutter making for them from the south. When she came near they guessed she was a cutter "pressing men." She came between them and the Dursey Head so that they couldn't make(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó hÚrdail
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmichael, Co. Cork
