School: Baile an Londraigh (C.) (roll number 14306)
- Location:
- Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eibhlís, Bean Uí Shíoda
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Pat Hannan told me also about a man named Bill Griffaun who used to fish for salmon in the Morning Star river and in Garrynalina. The police and water bailiffs were always after him and one day he lay under the water hiding for three hours until they were tired of searching for him. Colonel Massey - a landlord near Galbally - used to buy the fish and when Griffaun was caught and fined by Stipendiary the Colonel used to pay the fine.
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“John Harty of Ballyfruta about a mile from the village was a poet and also a great mower...”
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