School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 123
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- (continued from previous page)Heroes:-
At the fight at Stoball Hill, Ballydehob, a man whose name was O'Driscoll, father of the famous mower, proved himself a hero when he compelled the English soldiers to flee, by firing a stone at one of them, which was his only aminition, and in doing so, he badly wounded his opponent.
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Story-tellers:-
The best story-tellers were Mr. E. Driscoll and Mr. T. Burke, Dreenlomane. Their favourite stories were accounts of sights of former days, and accounts of local history.
- Collector
- Teresa Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
