School: Cuan an Bhainigh (Bannow)

Location:
Carrick, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Tomás Breatnach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 099

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people would sell their barley to a man named Mr. Eally and he used to convert it into malt. They used to make ropes also and there is a field there named the rope walk field. It is said derived its name from this.

There is a house situated near Ballymitty and in it lives Mr. and Miss Gannon. One time a man hung himself on the stairs and since then there is a light seen on the stairs.

Informant
John Doyle
Gender
male
Language
English

This story is told about Willie Byrne of Kiltra. He was catching birds with a crowd of men in some field away from his home.

When they were going to come home they had to cross over a fence in the pathway. When they came

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