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School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)

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Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 187

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    closely together. This led to a dispute between the crowd - The people of each parish supporting their own parishioner. The result was that a fight broke out and the two opposing groups were led by the two runners. The fight lasted for about six hours and much blood was spilled. In the end the Shanagolden men, being the greater in number, won and routed the others out of Shanagolden Village. They followed them back to the boundary of the parish.
    For a long time afterwards a spleen existed between the two parishes as a result of this dispute.
    Eoin Curran got this story from :-
    Michael Curran,
    Shanagolden.
    Age - 42 years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eoin Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Shanagolden, Co. Limerick