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School: An Aill (Aille)

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Aille, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0437

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    Long years ago there lived a very rich man in Kildare. He had one daughter. She was the lovliest girl in all the world. She had hair as blackest crow cheeks as red as the reddest blood, and skin as white as the whitest snow. The king of Connaught wanted her to marry him but she would not. He was very cross man and the people used to call him King-Thorny. One day the king and a few of his men captured her and brought her to his castle. He thought that after a while she would marry him. Then her father offered to give three thousand pounds to the one who would be able to release her. Anyone that used to try to rescue her the king used to cut off his head and hang it on a spike. At that time there lived a man and his wife in the county
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kylebrack, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Dillon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kylebrack, Co. Galway