School: Glaise an Choinnlín (C.), Áth Treasna (roll number 12321)

Location:: Clashykinleen East, Co. Cork
Teacher:: Nóra, Bean Uí Ghealbháin

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a fairy calf. The calf ran up the boreen into the fairy field.

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I live in Scarteen. That place is situated near Newmarket. Long ago there was a fight in Scarteen between The White boys and the English soldiers. The White boys had not a strong army and they were beaten in the fight. In Scarteen there is a glen called Gleann an Aifrinn, for the priests used to read Mass there when they had no permission to read Mass in the churches. One day the English soldiers found three priests and they hanged them there.

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