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

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Cuar na gCoileach, Co. Chiarraí
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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    seldom came to his own house but always kept in a hiding place, which nobody knew of and he always kept a dog with him and that dog was said to be able to smell a person coming within so many miles. It was twenty years after the murder the Rabac was caught and the person that caught him was the murdered woman's son who was only a year old when his mother was killed.
    He made every effort to catch him, but did not succeed until one Christmas night the Rabac came to his own house and the boy followed him and caught him. He was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to death
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine
        1. robálaithe (~423)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shiela O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain Í, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Dan Riney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cluain Í, Co. Chiarraí