School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Baile Oscail, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. About thirty five years ago there was a very severe storm. Before the storm the poor people could not get any sticks out of the wood. There were no dwelling houses blown down but there were plenty of cattle sheds and thousands of trees in the wood. Then the poor of the towns had lots of sticks for the rest of the winter
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    Topics
    1. próisis agus feiniméin
      1. doineann (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Clancy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ros Chonaill, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Michael Lawlor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lios Bhigne, Co. Laoise