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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 029

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    About two miles West of Tralee is a place called "Tóin Na Cille", near Annagh Graveyard. Long ago, a clan lived here. On the opposite side of the mountain there lived friends of this clan, the O'Flynns, and across the Shannon, in County Clare, there were enemies of these two clans.
    The chief of the clan of "Tóin Na Cille" had a beautiful daughter called "Eibhlín na nGadhair". Every day, she and some others of her clan went hunting, and the O'Flynns always heard the shouts of laughter of the hunters. The clan who lived at "Tóin Na Cille"
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tonakilla Fort, Burial Ground, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Cheallacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caheranne, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Eibhlís Ní Chéirín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caheranne, Co. Kerry