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School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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    Patrick Donelon
    Attyflynn
    Dunmore
    Co Galway
    When this man was in England. Irish men and English men made a bet which of them would tell the best story. The English men had won when the two stories were told. This man said that he got no chance to tell his own story. The English said he would. And he told the story about "the shower of old hags that fell next week. The funniest story of Irish History. The English walked away therefore the Irish had won.
    Patrick Kilgarriff
    Kilnalappa
    Dunmore
    Co Galway
    Many time told the story of how
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agusta Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilnalappa, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Kilnalappa, Co. Galway