School: Altóir, Tuar Mór, An Sciobairín (roll number 12071)
- Location:
- Altar, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Henry Evanson
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0287, Page 379
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- Storyteller :- There is a great storyteller known locally by the Irish name "Seanchui". He is living in the Altar Parish. His name is Mack Allen. He is known around this locality for the great stories he can tell. You would often hear the people round the Country saying "Mack Allen has a great warrant to tell stories" (meaning that he is an adept in the art.). Sometimes he tells very funny stories, one of which is as follows :-Some ten or twelve years ago he was passing through a lonely field when a big cross goat with two long horns followed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edith Grace Roycroft
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cove, Co. Cork
