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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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Macroom, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 515

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  1. The Old Court or Castle of Kanturk (continued)

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    When the man was asleep she made all haste to a kinsman, and between them they conceived a plan to get her husband out in secret.
    The story goes that this plan proved successful, and McCarthy never saw his foreman mason after, and indeed he had no occasion as there was only a few stones more to be put on the castle.
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  2. How the Blarney Stone Came to Ireland

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    How the Blarney Stone came to Ireland.
    Reports from the United States indicate that a joke can be good publicity for this country - if publicity is really necessary in a land where it is claimed there are twenty million people of Irish descent. When Mr.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Scannell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macroom, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Nora Buckley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork