School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 04_037
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“One night about twelve years ago my uncle Martin and two other men were coming from Kinvara.”
One night about twelve years ago my uncle Martin and two other men were coming from Kinvara. It was about twelve oclock and when they came to Toureen they sat down to take a rest and a smoke because one of the men was from Toureen. They saw a woman coming up the road and the Toureen man said it was some girl coming from a dance and he told Martin to catch her just for a joke. He stood(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mannin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Mweeloon, Co. Galway