School: Clonard (roll number 16067)
- Location:
- Clonard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 133
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- There is a story told about a man and his neighbours there was a man named Donal O'Leary and he was very rich and there was two old men and they wanted to kill him. They put him into a bag and they brought him to a river to drown him, a man came up the road with cattle and he said to him what are you doing there, and he answered, I am going to Heaven get out said the driver and let me get in there. So Donal got out and the driver got in. The two men came back and the drowned the man they thought it was Donal O'Leary then they went home and they saw Donal at home and they were very much surprised when they(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Lizzie Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardnamullan, Co. Meath
