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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 010

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  1. The Headless Monk of Annagh

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    About two and a half miles from the town of Tralee on the road to Brandon lies the little hamlet of Annagh. It lies at the foot of a range of mountains on the shore of Tralee Bay. At the present time in this district the houses are very scattered and the land very poor.
    They live mostly by tilling some of the rocky soil keeping a few cattle and a number of sheep on the slopes of the mountains.
    At the edge of the shore on the left hand side of the (shore) road as you face Blenerville the little Churchyard with its Abbey ruins is
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ni Cheallaig
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rock Street, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr G. Fernane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rock Street, Co. Kerry