School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)
- Location:
- Darú, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: P. Sabhaois
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“There was a man living in Kilkenny named O Higgins.”
I heard the following story from Dan Meaden Bishop's Wood Durrow.
There was a man living in Kilkenny named O'Higgins. When he was seven years of age he fell asleep outside a rath. When he woke up he saw a book, a fiddle and a sword. He ran to the fiddle and picked it up. After picking it up it began to play.
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There was a famous itinerant fiddler around Kilkenny named O'Higgins. He died about 10 years ago.
- Collector
- Tom Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill an Easpaig, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- Dan Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill an Easpaig, Co. Laoise
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“There was a man coming from Ballyraggett.”
I heard the following story from my mother Mary Dowling, a native of Durrow.
There was a man coming from Ballepaggett. When he was coming near Durrow a man on a bicycle rode out beside him. The quicker he went the man beside him was as quick. When they were passing(continues on next page)