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School: Anglesboro (B.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10262)

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Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 255

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    shoemaker by trade and he used to employ several shoemakers. The shop was where my dance-hall is now, right opposite Stanton's pub there in Anglesboro'. While still but a youth he heard of the dread famine days and what the Irish people suffered under the cruel tyrannical rule of the landlords and his Irish blood boiled in his veins.
    Anglesboro in '67 and before that was a hot-bed of Fenianism and in this atmosphere while still only a youth of nineteen he learned his first lesson in national politics. He organised a band of Mountain-Boys in '67 and
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Mrs H. Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Occupation
    Dress-maker
    Address
    Anglesborough, Co. Limerick