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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 200

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    altogether and was never heard tell of afterwards.
    There was another big giant around here that stayed most of his time up the hill over the school. It was thought he caught a big rock about twenty tons weight on the top of the hill and pelted it down near the creamery and that he left the mark of his five fingers in it. He was about nine feet high and weighed nearly five cwts. He was called Finn-Mac-Coul.
    There is a big rock over the school also and it is called Freney's Rock because a man named Freney used go
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    History Edit
    Collector
    Maureen Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    T. Davis
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Postman