School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (roll number 13500)
- Location:
- Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Longáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 144
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- (continued from previous page)get out of the way and if he were a right man it was not sitting there he aught to be but over in C. Burke revenging his brothers death when the simpletion heard this he ran out and getting a horse he set out for C. Bourke. Tioboid received him kindly because he liked him the best of the family. Tioboid asked him to stay for a few days. One day they went to se Ballintubber Abbey the day being warm Tioboid feeling tired sat down on a hill which is situated about 100 yds east of the abbey. Tioboid soon fell asleep and the simpletion seeing his chance drew his dagger and killed Tioboid. he cut off Tioboid's head and carried it back to Sligo. Throwing it on the kitchen floor he exclaimed "There now I have got revenge for my brother."
- Collector
- Michael Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Looskin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Rathnacreeva, Co. Mayo
