School: Liathdruim

Location:
Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0130

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  1. In Ballyargidaun in the June of 1842, a fight started and with the result that a man was killed. On the village boreen the place or spot if the accurance is marked by a stone. In the same place there is a cross cut on the stone, bearing no dates inscriptions. The old old people remember the the accident occurred. The cross was cut on the stone by a knife. It was said the father of who was killed cut the cross. The man fell off a white horse and was killed.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyargadaun, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Nellie Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyargadaun, Co. Galway