School: Ráth Morgáin (roll number 15966)
- Location:
- Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0130, Page 458
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“About 80 years ago there lived a certain man in the valley at Crinnish and his Christian name was Anthony Gaughan and he was called a nick-name - Anthony Manners.”
(continued from previous page)So the councillor told him to pound them and then he'd pay for the damage. Anthony went home and got alot of snares made and set them in the most likely places where the hares used to get into the field. The following morning he found fifty hares caught by the necks. He got a long piece of cord and cut it up as he thought fit for spancels He spanceled the fifty hares and put them into two or three bags. At this time there was a registered pound in the townland of Mungs so himself and tow of his family carried the hares on their shoulders and pounded them and got the pound dor locked so he went to the councillor and told him he had them pounded. And to come at once(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Ruddy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Gaughan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo