School: Glenahulla, Mitchelstown (roll number 12446)
- Location:
- Glennahulla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Bean Uí Réagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 072
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- The above story was told to me forty-five, years ago by my Grandfather and Grandmother, who were then eighty-five and eighty-seven years respectively, and this event happened early in their lives.
Their eldest girl married about two and a half miles distant from their home, and at the dead of night they got a call saying their daughter was seriously ill and they were requested to proceed to the house where she dwelt. Both arose I daresay with heavy hearts and proceeded on foot to the dwelling place of their daughter. The shortest route to her house was by a boreen shutting off the main(continues on next page)
