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School: Longford, Kinnitty

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Longford, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 135

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    In olden days a man named Paddy Mooney lived in Poulduff. His wife died leaving with a grown up son. They went to a fair and fell in love with two pretty sisters whome they married. They divided the farm between them, and both had children. Now what relation existed between the son's son and the father's daughter.
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      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
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