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School: Béal Átha Uisce (roll number 4836)

Location:
An Baile Ard, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 030

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    About seven years ago there was a boy by the name of Jeremiah Dwyer drowned off Furious Peer. On a Friday evening he went down to the peer. They went cycling around a bouy that was on the peer.
    Mr Healy saw them and he stopped them. The next[?] Saturday evening they went down again, but something happened to Derry Murphy's bicycle on the[?] road. He stopped to fix it. Jeremiah Dwyer kept going and when he came to the peer he[?] struck his elbow against the bouy and he was thrown.
    When Derry Murphy came to the peer he saw the body rising up and going down[?]
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. cruatan (~1,565)
        1. bá (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Failleán Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Seán Ó Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    An Failleán Thoir, Co. Chorcaí