School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)

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Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Fionnmhacháin
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    Language
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    Collector
    Joseph Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonroad More, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Chris Shannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Turnpike Road, Co. Clare
  2. Long ago there was a woman who used to put down her dinner early on a Sunday. This Sunday the woman put her dinner down and when she had it put down she went out into a meadow which was near the house with a child to read the paper.
    While the woman was reading the child was playing around a cock of hay when it was lifted and the child was being carried away
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