School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 14_025
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- (continued from previous page)going in. It came to pass one day he was sitting in his house he saw the boys fishing. He went as far as them and they ran away from him. He shouted after them and he said he would help them and not to be afraid of him. He then saw the two hounds chasing the hare. They chased the hare into the rock where the man was standing. Then he thought of the dream. He stopped to catch the hare and he got afraid. He was a very rich man and after that he was getting poorer every day.
- Guban Saor was a mason. He used to build numbers of castles and churches. He and his son were sent to England to build a large mansion. He and his son were to be killed after they had it built. When the son came(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountbrown, Co. Mayo
