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School: An Cam (Camp), Tra Lí

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Camp, Co. Kerry
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Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0432, Page 058

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0432, Page 058

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    There was two boys over at Fenit and they turned out to be two highway men Their fathers could make no hand of them One of the boys names was McCarthy and the others name was Sullivan. The two went away down the country. They were travelling away together and they met an old man and asked for a pipe of tobacco, he told them that he had'nt any. They caught him and found that he had a junk and they took it off of him. The old man went away and the first barracks he came to, he told the guard about it, how they robbed him. There was a hundred pounds reward for any one that would give an account of them. They heard about the advertisment the next day and they walked on till they came to a place
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. robbers (~423)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Ní Iarflatha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinknockane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Nioclás Ó Finn
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Ballinknockane, Co. Kerry