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School: Cluain Leith Áird (roll number 12530)

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An Gleann Bán, Co. Luimnigh
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Máirtín de Barra
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    visits. Mrs. Liston advised her to forget about it, and that it would be better for her to remain away from the place entirely. Mrs. White replied "Ah, a chroidhe, I'd rather one look at my house and place than a sight of the heavens!".
    In later years a son of William Yielding, the then landlord, forbade the people to keep dogs, lest they should interfere with the game in the locality. One day he visited Knockfinisk and found a dog with the McCarthys, who then held the farm now occupied by John Moore. "He got into a terrible temper", and with a piece of rope, he hanged the dog off his shoulder.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. riaradh talún (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Máighréad Ní Chonalaigh
    Other names
    Máighréad Ní Chonalaigh
    Mrs Margaret Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    95
    Address
    Barr an Fhiaigh, Co. Luimnigh