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School: Harold (B.), Dalkey

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Dalkey, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0798, Page 43

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    to get a lot of money which was left by an old man of his own name in America. The old man said before he died that he had no relations and so he made no will as to how anybody was to get his money. So this English visitor wished on the stone that he would be some relation to the old man when it would be looked up. About four months after he received a letter stating that it was thought that he was a distant relation to
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dalkey, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Edward Luby
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardbrugh Road, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr W. Meegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dalkey, Co. Dublin