School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)Till day began to dawn.The pedlar found his money gone,
Likewise his watch and chain.
Later he encountered Brennan
And robbed them back again.When Brennan saw the pedlar
A better man than he,
He took him on the highway
His comrade now to be.
(Verses from 5 to end of first version follow.).John Heenan, Crossanagh, Terryglass, Borrisokane. Aged about 60. Shoemaker, native of Kilbarron parish. Removed to Terryglass.
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“About the time of the 1798 Rising there lived in Limerick a bacon merchant named Maher.”
About the time of the 1798 Rising there lived in Limerick a bacon merchant named Maker. He was a United Irishman, and when the soldiers came to attack and burn his place he fired with his blunderbuss on them from concealment, killing numbers of them.
He had to fly from the place, and later on when the rebellion was crushed he led a pilgrim's life. It was his custom to dress in a pilgrim's white cloak and also to carry a long staff. He(continues on next page)
