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School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

Location:
Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 162

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    “About sixty years ago there was a fierce flood in the school river.”

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    They thought they would have holiday while the new bridge was being made. But they had to use stepping stones.
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    Long ago when Donal Cam was a boy the men of Carbery used to go to Dunboy and the land around it robling and taking creach of cattle with them.
    One day they were driving a big creach of cattle away. Donal was near the fire and his mother said to him "Its a shame for the men of Dunboy to let the cattle go with them". Donal got up and took
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