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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
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Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 440

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  1. Old Irish Tales

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Slanestown, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Philomena Healy
    Gender
    Female

  2. Old Irish Tales

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    Once a giant who lived in my district some hundred years ago threw a rock of stone from Frewin hill to a field in Mr
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