School: Coosan (roll number 9435)
- Location:
- Coosan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ní Ghiollanríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 002
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- (continued from previous page)he refused it he hit it agin and three coins fell out. The jew man said that he would take it at £200. Donald O'Leary went home and was counting his money on his chair. Hutton and Dalton peeped in through the window and saw him counting the money, they asked him where did he get it he told them he skinned his horse and sold the skin for £200. Hutton and Dutton went home killed their own horses and skinned them and went to the fair.
It was a very warm day and there was not a fly in the town but were on the skins.
The police had to take the skins and and burry them. Hutton and Dutton went home intending to kill Donald O'Leary but when they reached his house Donald O'Leary was gone.
- Collector
- Peter Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coosan, Co. Westmeath
