School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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    could not open the room door, but one of the men inside opened the window and one of the guards was able to come in through it and he opened the door and let out the men who were inside. Then the men caught the man who put them into the room, and gave him to the guard who brought him to the barrack. He was summond and he went to the court. The Judge sent him to prison for twelve months.
    When he came out of prison he would not talk to the men that he had locked up in the room and they used to mock him and laugh at him. The old man got to believe that it was the cat that was in the room
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Dabhuren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meggagh West, Co. Clare