Scoil: An Ghráinseach, Cluain Meala (uimhir rolla 7982)

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1. John Connors (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   "Colum box"
   He would never go out after dark except accompanied by someone.He used to be drinking in the public house that was near Bill Carrigan's grandfather's house here in Grange and one night about 12 he asked Bill's grandfather to go home with him. When he left him at his own door he made the sign of the cross on him and said to him "The devils in the hill wont be able to touch you now"
   Two men named Laffert were drinking in the public house with him one night. They were working in Knocklofty and as the doors and gates were to be locked at a certain hour they said it was time for them to be going or they would be locked out. John Connors assured them hat the gates or doors would not be locked before them and they stayed on much after the time. Sure enough they found that neither gates nor doors were locked and they went in and went to bed. The man whose business it was to lock up the place was very much surprised in the morning to find all the doors and gates unlocked and he was certain he locked them.
   John Connors was bald and a labouring man named Mickil Burke called him "platainn" Mickil was a course, rough, big strong man. John Connors said to him "You'll be a bigger "platainn" than me before morning" When Mickil awoke in the morning there was not even a "rib" of hair on his head or on his eye brows. John Connors said to him, "I'll leave you so you can beg
   your bit" Mickil also got almost

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   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   William Carrigan

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   70

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Grange, Co. Tipperary