School: Timahoe (roll number 14486)
- Location:
- Timahoe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: R. O' Byrne
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- Pat Lalor, Esker, Timahoe, remembered the time that they were cutting the Tailrace for the mill of Timahoe; that they came on a house in the corner of Mr Dunne's field. They accidentally cut a corner off it. The house, he said, was about eight feet high and was made of bog oak.
The piece they cut off was afterwards used as an emery board for a scythe. (no title)
“The Tailrace mentioned lies about a quarter of a mile outside Timahoe village...”
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- Richard O' Byrne
- Gender
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- Teacher
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- Timahoe, Co. Laois