School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 12_011
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- Long ago there lived a famous blacksmith named Martin Stanton. He was a native of Ayle. One day he was captured by the yeos and they templed to shoot him and they told to go down on his knees. He said he would not that they could shoot him standing up. The captins horse had lost a shoe and the smith said he would put it on. When the smith had the shoe on the horse the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Heraty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tim Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
