School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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- Gertie Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
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- James Dooley
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
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About sixty years ago there was a rich gentleman of the place had a young man up for the killing of a hare. He told the father of the boy if he would send him to a foreign land and destroy his dog there would be no more about it.(continues on next page)