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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 01_010

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    One night last week an old man from the village told me a very nice story which I will describe to you. Once a young man done a terrible crime, and he was brought to court, and he was sentenced to be hung.
    His mother was very sorry at this as he was the only boy she had to depend on. On the day he was going to be hung he was brought up to the scaffold, the rope was fixed round his neck, and everything was ready for the execution
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Salmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Rielly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Murrisk, Co. Mayo