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School: Cúl na Fearna

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Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
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Séamus Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 261

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  1. Tom Kearney and Cúige Laighean

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    Tom Kearney of Cúige Laighean left Leinster on his way to Casterea where he was great with a girl. The people got down on him to kill him that night. The girl went and got the money from the farmer and told him come. As he was coming across to Athlone he was making a short cut through a farm. He went astray on a sheep run. The herd came with a pair of sheep dogs and asked him was he spying on the sheep as he was missing some. He told him he wasn't. It was how he went astray. He brought him back again and put him on the right path. It wasn't long until he went astray again. He was going
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolloughra, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Laurence Kilroy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo