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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
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Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 475

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  1. Paddy Murphy

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    About eighty years ago, there was a man called Paddy Murphy who used to go from Toor to Johnstown "to mitch". One evening as he was going, a crowd of horsemen came up to him. They stopped, and one called out to bring up a horse and put Paddy Murphy up on it. Paddy had to mount and they went galloping through Kildare and the King's and Queen's Counties and on over the Barrow and back over the Liffey, and to the place from where they took him. At the King's river they stopped, and a man called out "Hei over such a horse, and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Studfield South, Co. Wicklow