School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)
- Location:
- Kilcomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)whereby twice the funds alloted for the purpose would be secured from the Government. The rules for the conduct of the eating-houses were stated by me and the Protestant minister - the priest were constituted a sub-committee to carry them out pledging themselves to the observance of them in the strictest possible manner.
One evening I heard a boy who lived near the place. It was asserted that he had seen a dog tearing the head, neck and ribs of a man. I wished to learn the truth of this from the boy himself and he told me it was a fact. He also told me he had seen the remains to the head the preceding day in a field nearby. I asked him to lead me to the field which he did. The flesh had been gnawed off and the skull was marked with blood. I then placed it under ground.
- Collector
- Eileen O' Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcomane, Co. Cork
