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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 117

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  1. A Fairy Pass (continued)

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    the shores of Laugh Line.
    This was always their pass. Many true scenes have been witnessed on it. The hole of Poll Gera is a sand pit in which they lived.
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  2. Martin the Poet

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    There lives an old woman near where I live named Miss Martin. She had an uncle who was a poet.
    He was coming form the fair drunk one night, he lay on Harmon's Fort near by and fell asleep.
    When he awoke next morning he saw a fiddle a book and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Deasmhumhnach O Bhrádhaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Rathmea, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Rathmea, Co. Meath