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School: Duíbhlios

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Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 200

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  1. The Penal Days

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    About a hundred years ago there. was a minister in Drimoleague named Mr Tuckey.
    At the same time there was a parish priest in the parish named Fr. Begley. Those two Gentlemen were not the best of friends. One day as they were having a conversation an argument arose between them.
    The minister's father used to engage in the plucking of geese, and as an "easbacán" the priest said to the minister how much afraid the geese used to be of his father that
    "Nách bhfuil gandal sa tír ó Chorcaigh aníos,
    Ná critheann a chroidhe nuair a deireann sé 'h-[?]' "
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sinéad Ní Laoghaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleann na Cloiche, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs Jane O Leary
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleann na Cloiche, Co. Chorcaí