School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)back there was a spy in hiding in that field and he killed him. It is said he was buried in that field where he was killed.In the field called "Garrdha Thomas Ruadh" there was a man named Tomas Ruadh living in that field. He was a very kind man and he gave help to the poor people that came to his door. One day a beggar came to him and asked for food. He had no food that day but he said he would have some the next day.
When he woke the next morning he found himself lying on a heap of ashes.In "Cnoc na Sidhe" there is a hollow in which the people believed the fairies danced on November Night. There was a man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treanrevagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Anthony Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Treanrevagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Igoe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Treanrevagh, Co. Mayo
