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School: Mercy Convent, Wexford (roll number 969)

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Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr. Beinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 281

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  1. Wexford Folk-Tale

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    Mary Doyle lived in a cottage near Ross. One day while working in her home, she heard a lorry approaching, and on looking out, saw it was a lorry load of Hessian Soldiers. The lorry stopped outside the cottage and after a while, one of the soldiers approached her, and asked her in rough tones for a match to light a cigarette. When stooping to get it she hit him on the head with an instrument, and killed him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Heffernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonard Great, Co. Wexford