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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ráth Luirc

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Charleville, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 333

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    Local Happenings.
    Drowning have been rare in out district (D.G.) but of the few which occurred I purpose giving a short account of one of them.
    It was a bright Sunday morning when little Nellie Ryan and her small brother, Paddy, could be seen playing on the edge of a rain swollen stream, Tubberneena - amusing themselves by dipping their 'hankies' in the water. Quite suddenly the little girl's one was swept from her hand by a swift current. The boy tried to catch it but in vain for in the twinkling of an eye he was carried away by the force of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Ghormáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork