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School: Na Garráin, Garrdha Thancáird (roll number 12793)

Location:
Garranes, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 409

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    The birds which inhabit my district are namely, the robin, wren, blackbird, thrush, yellow hammer hold finch, blue tit and stonechat. The cuckoo, the swallow, and the corncrake visit us in Summer, and the starling, the plover and the wood - cock visit us in Winter. The following story in connection with the robin is told.
    "When Our Lord was journeying to Calvary the robin accompanied him, She perched on a tree while He was being crucified, then when the soldiers departed, she came
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