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School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)

Location:
Golden, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 262

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    A Story
    There dwelt near a little village in Co. Limerick a cruel tyrant called Ormsby. A man so cruel could hardly be found in that age of terror.
    Sad indeed was the fate of the poor people who in any way displeased him. One day as he sat smoking in one of the rooms of his great Castle the smoke of a local shoemaker's house was wafted into his presence by a slight breeze.
    In uncontrollable rage he sent an order to the shoemaker that his house would be knocked. The shoemaker went to bed that night for the last time in his house as he thought for on the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Fay
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghleigh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Blake
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary