School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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    Long ago there was a man named Mr Conlon...

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    the two men. They took the guard in a gave him whiskey. When he had the whiskey drank, thy asked him would he tell or not, he said if they held there tongue, he'd hold his. So he never told, when he went back. He often came and got a mug of whiskey. After a time he was sacked out of his job. So he came home to where he was born.
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    Informant
    William Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Srahanboy, Co. Laois