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School: Baile Tiobóid (roll number 14016)

Location:
Baile Thiobóid, Co. Chorcaí
Teachers:
R. de Brún E. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0393, Page 071

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    field called Crocán na Muc which means the pigs' field. Long years ago there was a boy minding pigs in this field for a long time, and this is how it got that name.
    Long ago there was in Duhig's farm a house. An old woman was living in it. She was a very angry woman always and never spoke to anyone. She had a big brown dog which was her only company. When she died it was said that her ghost was seen there for some time after.
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