School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)
- Location:
- Shrule, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038C, Page 03_007
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- There was once a man by the name of O'Hara. The English soldiers were all on the look-out for this man because he was a great horse rider and they wanted to test him as a rider. One day they got him in an old house. They did not fire any shot but told him what they wanted him for. They next brought him to the cliffs of Moher. There was a big stone near the cliffs. Between the cliffs and the stone there was about 12 feet. They gave him a horse and made him jump the stone and turn the horse and jump it back(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Domhnaill Ó Ceallaigh
- Gender
- Male
