School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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  1. There the fiddlers were plying their bows with zest and vigour, and dozens of the couples were drawing music from the dry earthen floor as they kept time to the lively tunes. The first dance was alway led off by the farmer and his smiling wife and any of the older people of the neighbourhood who happened to be present; and their execution of the measure never failed to call forth hearty cheers.
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  2. Still those Wexford broods on that gory year when a priest fired the heather and the peasant army rose indugnation to a people's wrongs, to trudge for a while from victory to victory. What if they were beaten on the cruel Vinegar Hill. What if those stout
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Dhuilleáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry