School: Bansha (B.) (roll number 11964)

Location:
Bansha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Peter Horgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 143

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  2. A rich king came to settle down in Ireland after the Danish Invasion. He dreamt on three successive nights that his fate was, to die from thirst. He determined to build his Castle on the bank of a river so that thirst would not be the cause of his death. He built it on the banks of the Suir at Abbey near Golden. He was a very bad man and always refused alms to the poor. He was a very wealthy king and his cellars were always full of wine. After a time he got ill and was in danger of death. One night he called his servants to give him a drink so they went immediately to the cellars for wine and tried in vain but could get none. They returned to their master and told him so. He told them to go to the river and fetch him a glass of water. They did so and to their surprise the river had vanished to the
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