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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    “About one hundred and sixty years ago a Distillery flourished in Taghmon in the Co. Wexford.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “In or about 200 years ago there lived in Horetown in the Parish of Taghmon in the Co. Wexford a family by the name of McEvoy.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “Over one hundred years ago a very large Tannery was in a full working order in Taghmon in the Co. Wexford.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “Shortly after the Rebellion of 1798 there lived in the Parish of Taghmon in the Co. Wexford a young man by the name of Patrick M. Furlong...”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “In olden times the people of Ireland were badly served with medical values.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “Long ago there were no wireless stations nor barometers to tell of weather changes and condition likely to come.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “St Munn is the Patron St of Taghmon.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “Harpurstown is situated a mile and a half from the village of Taghmon.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “The year 1798 was one of the most eventful in the history of the Co. Wexford.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “About sixty years ago there lived a man named John White.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “Long ago there lived an old woman named Mary Harte.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr M.J. Martin

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    “One day the hunt was in the townsland of Tottenhamgreen about three miles from the village of Taghmon in the Co. Wexford.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Fintan Martin, Mr Larence Brien

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