School: Cloonkeen Kerrill (roll number 15429)

Location:
Clonkeenkerrill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Theresa M. Hurley
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    because he was riding on a horse.
    At last he came to a big river and the horse got a fright and he jumped into it. The poor man got so frightened that he fell off the horse. He was not able to swim and he died.
    Next day a lot of people went looking for him and at last they found him dead and the horse grazing on the bank of the river.
    This story was told by John Kelly ages 58 years of Keave, Ballymacward, Woodlawn, County Galway
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Keave, Co. Galway