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School: Bunlahy, Granard

Location:
Bunlahy, Co. Longford
Teachers:
Mrs Brady Cáit Bean Uí Bhrádaigh
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    How the Goban was tricked
    Many a one wonders how it was that the Goban's son was such a cluasan and the father the cleverest man of his day, but very few of them knows that as wise as the Goban was he was made a fool of at one time. It was when his only child was born and this is the way it was and when you hear the story you'll understand that the best of all can be outwitted.
    The Goban was far from home, (for he used to travel everyplace building castles for kings and great people) when the child was born. It was a gearacuile but the poor wife was so donuidhe she had no heed for what it was, the creature. The nurse knew that the Goban would be in a rage that it wasn't a son, and along with that the wife was so delicate that she (the nurse) got afraid to face the Goban
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Padraig Mac Giolla Comhghaill
    Gender
    Male