School: Ballybunion Convent (roll number 13233)
- Location:
- Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0400, Page 187
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- Long Long ago there lived in Lahardane a man named Mossie Hennessy. There were a fort and forest in his land. There was a fort near the field where the cattle grazed. The cattle often went into the fort.
One evening as Mossie went for the cows, he went into the fort to drive them out. When he went in, he saw a goose in an oven and he hunted her to see what was under her.
When Mossie Hennessy went home he told them what he saw. Soon after he went back to the fort and the oven was full of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noreen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ahafona, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Tom Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ahafona, Co. Kerry
