School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 07_017

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 07_017

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballyburke
  2. XML Page 07_017
  3. XML “A Brave Man”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Once upon a time a grate many year ago a brave man lived in the next village to us. His name was Pat Gibbons. When he was a little boy the mother said "This boy is very cross and when he grows up he will kill all the men in the village". He grew up and one day he was working out in the field. He saw a lorry of robbers coming
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francie O' Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumneen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John F. O' Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumneen, Co. Mayo