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School: Cill Phian

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Ardnagor, Co. Mayo
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Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 233

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    Gibber is a field situated to the north-west of Moneen. Long ago there were forty houses there. Gibber is so called because one Sunday the people were down at mass in Lacken, and in the middle of mass they all began to fight. They fought until sunset and then the strand was red with blood. The priest said it was like the fight of Gibraltar. It is called Gibber ever since. It is also called Gibber because when some of the inhabitants would be returning from town the others would stone them and rob them. They loved card-playing and a proverb crept in about them and it is said even at the present day. One year the Spring went by and they sowed no crop. Weaving and spinning were carried
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Harte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moneen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pádraic Ó Néill
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moneen, Co. Mayo