School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drom an Dúdhoire, Co. an Chláir
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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  1. 2nd December 1937
    Folk Lore
    I heard my grandfather telling a story about Lough Graney one time. There was frost for three weeks and Lough Graney was frozen over. The frostw as followed by a heavy fall of snow which gave Lough Graney the appearance of a white field.
    There was a man crossing it one day on horseback, and at the end of his journey he met a man and he told him that he crossed a lovely white field, and that there was no fences nor ditches in it. Then the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Moloney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill an Aonaigh, Co. an Chláir
    Informant
    William Canny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cill an Aonaigh, Co. an Chláir