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School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc

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Ashford, Co. Limerick
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Muiris Ó Mathúna
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    going to Kantoher with pigs, he asked him did he see any horses on the road. He said he met three horses on the road towards Rathkeale. He started to run and he kept up to them near Rathkeale he was only a half an hour going to [?] ale from Glenquin cross. B. J. Halliman, Ballagh, [?] John Noonan do. About sixty years ago there lived a man in Tournagreana by the name of Patrick Mulcahy. He was a very strong man. It was a costumary thing in those days to make butter in the peoples houses. They had two ferkins of butter for a sale and they had no horse to carry it. One morning Paddy Mulcahy said he would carry it. He put a ferking up on-each shoulder and started on his journey for Drumcollogher. There was a fair in. Drum the same day and he reached the town about nine oclock. When he had the butter sold he walked down around the town to see what kind was the fair. In the evening when he was about to come home there was a man standing at the corner with a flock of sheep. the man called him over to him. He told him that one of the sheep was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B.J. Hallman
    Address
    Ballagh, Co. Cork
    Collector
    David O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreennagreana, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Edward Winter
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    John Hanly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Michael Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenquin, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    William O' Connor
    Address
    Glenquin, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Informant
    Pat K. Shine
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenquin, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Patrick O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreennagreana, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Wm Herlihy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr O' Connor
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenquin, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Winter
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick