School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0170
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“One of the greatest events that happened in this place happened about sixty years ago in the year 1878 some of the people of the villages and the neighbouring towns organised a race.”
(continued from previous page)called John Quinn from Curragh. The song was called "The Races of Hollowbleach." Some people remembers the song to the present day.
- Collector
- Nora Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway