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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

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Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 089

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  1. A Local Musician

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    Long ago there lived in this district a famous fiddler named Michael O Connell who was nicknamed "Mickie Cáinín".
    He went around to patterns and marriages and there played sweet music. One night as he was coming home from Macroom he heard a tune called the "ceól sidhe" being played by the "daoine maithe" in the Gearagh a wooded district near Macroom.
    As he always took his fiddle with him he took it out and played without much difficulty the same tune as was played by the fairies. Just then a number of voices told him that
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Buttimer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deshure, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Deshure, Co. Cork