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School: An Clochar, Buirgheas Uí Chatháin (roll number 15820)

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Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Vincent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 260

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    King Cormac macAirt was one of the most famous kings of Ireland. He ruled his people wisely and while he was on the throne there was peace and plenty in the country. Cormac served his people well and they all loved him. King Cormac was a great traveller and when visiting Rome it is said that he heard the story of the Cross and that he became a Catholic secretly. He refused to worship the pagan idols and on that account he quarrelled with his druids. One day when Cormac was eating his dinner a salmon bone stuck in his throat and it choked him. The druids decided that he should be buried in the royal burial ground at Brugh on the river Boyne. Cormac himself before he died had given orders that he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Cormac Mac Airt (~4)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen O' Donohue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bushy Park, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John O' Donohue
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bushy Park, Co. Tipperary