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School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

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Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0218, Page 223

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    to shoot him, and when the other fellow went to take the gun from him they missed it someway, and the lad that was trying to shoot the other fellow it was he was killed himself.
    By that night the boy that shot the other fellow, in his house the cocks 'could be heard crowing'. They waked the people of the house; and the rats could be heard running across the floor, the whole night.. The people of the house told that themselves because they did not
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr John Doyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumdoo, Co. Leitrim