School: Scoil an Chúrnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 508
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- (continued from previous page)opportunity he got he surprised all the people and after awhile he became famous. One day a messenger came from a foreign Lord which wanted to get a castle erected which would surpass all the buildings of the earth. The lord said he would give the Goban a great reward but instead of giving him a reward he meant to kill him fearing he might build another castle to surpass his own. The Goban was a widower and had one son who worked at the trade with himself. The son possessed very little of his fathers genius. Now that they were going to be absent from home for a considerable time the father decided to have the son get married. The Goban then gave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe Harnett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barnagh, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Harnett
- Gender
- Male
