School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 223
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- (continued from previous page)to the favourite. They were imprisoned for killing a hare.
Mis Pringle the landlord had a hobby of breeding asses. - One of these animals, now a great age for an ass is still in harness. He is called "Napoleon". The name of its self is significant of Defeant. Although this woman possessed thousand of acres the irony of faith denied her the usual six feet of earth that falls to every one's lot. There was no room in the family vault so she was buried standing on the end. There was no one to care whether she got decent burial or not.
- Collector
- Dan Lenihan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Polke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Ballinglen, Co. Mayo
