School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)

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Ovens, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Maud Mc Guire
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    Fairy folk and leprechauns were supposed to revel around a very tiny well in Currabeg (Ovens)...

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        1. Cromwell (~315)
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    During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork...

    During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork.
    The Parish Priest was murdered by a priest hunter. A few weeks later the murderer
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