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School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

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Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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    curse him under pain of death.
    The frightened blacksmith obliged the fiend who then continued his journey. Some distance from the forge, near the present village of Killucan, he was thrown from his horse and killed. Needless to say the news of his death came as a great relief to the people of his district.
    His untimely death after incidence in the forge was probably a coincidence but people believe that their deliverance from the tyrant was brought about by the blacksmith's curse.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Cunniffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Cunniffe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway