School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    About forty years ago a dog as big as a calf used to walk the roads of Aran, Mulrook and Ballindereen.

    About forty years ago a dog as big as a calf used to walk the roads of Aran, Mulrook and Ballindereen.
    Several people met him but he did not interfere with them. If anyone would try to touch him he would sit on the road looking at him.
    There was a Flaherty man from Aran going down from Ballinderreen with a scythe. He said to some of his friends in Ballinderreen that if he met the dog he would cut the legs of it with his scythe. It was a bright night and he was only one
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Connill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thady Searry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Galway