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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 292

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    Mr. W. P. Hanly of Lanespark who had a big queer looking machine for knocking down the houses and it was called the "Battering Ram." It was a fierce thing whatever it would strike against it was sure to knock.
    Up around the "Devils Bit" this was very much disliked and he did awful damage. There was a woman very sick almost dying and the day he came she was very bad. He came around and ordered the woman out of her house with her four children and a baby of four months out (on) in frosty weather.
    The woman had no place to go. No neighbours around the woman took her into their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanespark, Co. Tipperary