Sketch of a Castóir

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Mr William Shorten

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“For lighting purposes they used a splinter of fir ("ver") ("bog-wood")...”

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Mr Patrick Warren, Mr William Shorten

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Ainmneacha Áiteann

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B. Seártain, Mr Patrick Fehilly, Mr William Hurley, Mr William Shorten, Mrs Ellen Hurley

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“My grandmother used to tell this. She has two uncles and they had a boat, a "sloop" she used to call it...”

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Mr William Shorten

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“Men from Clonakilty were out fishing one night she used to tell. They caught a strange sort of fish the like of which they never saw before...”

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Mr William Shorten

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“I often heard Dinny Dan's mother God rest her, tell this story. When she was a young girl at home a neighbour of hers, a young married woman got sick...”

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Mr William Shorten

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“When she was young, a cousin of hers - his name was Dave Barry - had a fine mare that he thought a lot about...”

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Mr William Shorten

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Piseoga

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Mr Daniel Hurley, Mr John Regan, Mr William Shorten, Mrs William Shorten

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“Píobaire na Gruaige" was a dancing master who used to travel around here about sixty years ago...”

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Mr William Shorten

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Hedge-Schools

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Mr William Shorten

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Mass Rock

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Mr William Shorten

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Leigheasanna

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Mr William Shorten

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“The incident described above happened long before the Fenians...”

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Mr William Shorten

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Mallachta etc

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Mr William Shorten

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“Some people used to steal butter from their neighbours by means of piseogs.”

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Mr William Shorten

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“There was a priest in Inis Léin long ago, seventy or eighty years ago, and he has a few cows.”

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Mr William Shorten

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“when my grandmother was young her people at one time couldn't make any butter.”

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Mr William Shorten

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Days - Lucky and Unlucky

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Mr William Shorten

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“The walls were of stone and white earth mortar”

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Mr William Shorten

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Old Customs - Funerals etc

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Mr William Shorten

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