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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 401

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    OFlaherty has three sons and a daughter and the servant boy of the castle married the daughter and the father gave her a lot of land. The brothers did not like this so they killed the servant boy.
    The Lee's of Pullock below Ross and the O'Flahertys were always fighting. One day the OFlahertys went for butter to the Lee's and the Lees said they would kill them so one one of the lads got a sword and knocked the heads off them. He put the three heads in a bag and left them on the floor of the castle.
    There was a woman in the castle and when she looked in the bag she saw
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway