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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 150

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    He was an outlaw and had two caves one in Gurtmore near Mallow and the other in Dromocarra near Kiskeam on the left bank of the Araglin. He spent most of his time in the latter. He had a sweetheart named Maighread Ní Cheallaidh whom he dearly loved. She visited him often and she very often supplied him with food. The soldiers often hunted him. One day he was hunted by them from Meelin and he ran towards his cave in Dromacarra a distance of about eight or nine miles. There was a woman washing clothes on the banks of the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séan Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doonasleen South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádruig Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Doonasleen South, Co. Cork