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School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An Bráthair Eoghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 219

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    the greyhounds on a few occasions. The hounds killed five hares. When they were returning home with the hares they saw a deer standing near them in an open patch of land. They decided to chase the deer with the hounds. One of the men said he would have to capture the deer. The others laughed at him but decided to let him try. Off he went like a hare with the deer a few yards in front of him. Just as the deer reached the cover of the trees the man, named John Oates, caught her by the kind legs and captured her. After some time his companions arrived and to their great surprise saw the frightened deer captured. They warmly congratulated the man. When they reached the town the news
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Joe Dowd
    Gender
    Male