School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

Location:
Brierfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaire
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    would be doing anything. He stuck it down in Oisin's foot and he did not know it. He saw the foot and he asked him why didn't he tell him and he said he thought it was part of the baptism.
    Stones
    There is a stone in Murphy's field in Dunbeg, Corifin, and the marks of a person's two hands and fingers and the mark of a person's two knees. There is a fort near it. The stone is six feet high and it's weight is about ten tons.
    There is a stone in Pat Nevin's field in Horseleap and a horse jumped from Dermody's hill and he slipped and his foot came on that stone.
    There is a stone in Newtown and people say a giant wanted to fire that stone from Knockrow Hill and strick Moyne
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    May Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooloorta, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Margaret Fahy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Loughlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Age
    44