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School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)

Location:
Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Ó Damhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 147

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  1. The Lord of Benbow

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    In the penal times about the year there lived an old hedge school master in this locality.
    His name is unknown but it is suspected that his name was Curneen.
    He taught a school in a cave on the mountain.
    The castle was about 1,000 feet on the mountain side.
    The body-guard that the ambassador met was a goats and their pistols of course were their horns.
    The chair was the stump of an old oak tree and therefore no one could count its feet.
    The table was a large rock which was supposed to cover a crock of gold.
    The salt-seller which was his knee couldn't be bought for money.
    The jewel was the hair of one of the goats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
        2. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizze Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boihy, Co. Leitrim