School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Ceathrú Mhic Giolla Shúiligh, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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    king, and they said, who ever would go up the highest in the air. The wren hid himself in the sea-gull's wings and when the bird got tired the wren flew out of the wing and when he flew so high, he was crowned king of the birds.
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  2. The robin builds it's nest in a mossy bank. The sparrow builds its nest in the eaves of houses and the swallows in the barns and the sheds. The blackbird builds its nest in the hedges and the thrushes in the trees.
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