School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)

Location:
Cuar na gCoileach, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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  1. There are more piseóga about a hair spansel than anything else on the farm. There was a dairy farm near Fiánca at the foot of the Priest's Leap. It was an old woman who was in charge. The owner of the place was a Priest that lived near Bantry. The priest paid occasional visits on foot over the Leap to visit his farm. There was only a beaten track there then which can be tracked to the present day. As the priest suspected the old woman for cheating in the sale of butter he made these surprise visits. On one of these he met the old woman on the track going to market
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. talmhaíocht (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Downing
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain Í, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Tim Harrington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cluain Í, Co. Chiarraí