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School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 091

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    The following story was told to me by my father about Jeremy O'Duignan the Harper.
    A harper named Jeremy O'Duignan once lived in the townland of Murhaun a mile outside the town of Drumshanbo and a quarter of a mile from Lough Allen. This house was built on a field beside the road which is now owned by my father Michael MacManus. Round the ruins of the cottage stand a group of trees inside which is a large stone known as "Cloc-na-Clairseacha".
    An English noble accompanied by his Welsh harper arrived in Dublin. The English noble boasted greatly about his harper and said that no harper could equal him.
    Colonel Jones who was from Drumshanbo and a member
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murhaun, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Michael Mc Manus
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Murhaun, Co. Leitrim