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School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)

Location:
Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Jas. Morgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0666, Page 053

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    Fairy Story
    My father told me that years ago a man named Peter Murtagh and a farmer named Nicholas Mc Guiness (the Lord have mercy on them) were coming home from Annagassan one night, and just as they were approaching Whitehouse cross they heard many squeaky voices. They crouched in the ditch in case they might be seen. From where they hid hey could hear the voices coming nearer and nearer until a number of undersized men wheeled into a field called the Big Hill. Peter Murtagh in his excitement asked "What are they", and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromiskin, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr James Morgan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromiskin, Co. Louth