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School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

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Kilcoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 191

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    Then they had to call the lost men and after a long time they arrived out as far as the door. Those men died shortly afterwards, and their cry was heard around that fort, for a long time, and it was said that the Danes had lived there.
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    Long ago in Skeahanore there lived an old man who worked very hard. One evening when he returned home from work he wanted to have a smoke but he had no tobacco. He said he would go the Ballydehob for some while his daughter was preparing the supper. The village was only about a mile away from him and as he lived near the water's edge he could easily travel a path at the edge of the water.
    When he went out the door he saw a little boat come into the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Donovan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Donovan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Skeagh, Co. Cork