School: Scoil Mhuire, Béal Átha hAmhnais (roll number 11438)
- Location:
- Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S.T. Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 226
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - 4 When the same man was coming home from Ballyhaunis another night he heard a number of horses coming toward him about a quarter of a mile away. He was near the Knockbrack road which led to his home and he moved in off the main-road and stood about five yards in the boreen.
He thought it strange that a drove of horses would be on the road so late at night by themselves as he thought.
After a while he heard a man ordering the hoses and when he heard this he got more courage.
As the horses passed, the(continues on next page)
