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School: Cill Mhíde (C.), Caisleán Nua (roll number 7959)

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Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 305

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    One night while he was on the hill a car-load of police came up a small boreen at the Kilmeedy side, and hid in the furze. After a while another load came and then another until he thought the hill was black with police. They left before dawn, next night he was in the same place where he used to sleep. A lone man came and walked around, and appeared to be waiting for some-one. Connors approached him and said "Go back and tell your friends not to come here to night the hill was black with police last night".
    A man from Kilmeedy was having his dinner at an hotel in Limerick. A Clare man was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Annie O Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnacreha Lower, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Gortnacreha Lower, Co. Limerick