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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
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Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 422

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    Many years ago it was common for people from this part of the country to go to the County Dublin for the Harvesting in the same way as the people of the West of Ireland at the present time go to England or Scotland.
    A man from this part of the country whose name was Michael and known to his neighbours as "Mickey" was returning one bright harvest night from the County Dublin and as was usual with him was whistling a tune "to shorten the road" as the saying is. As the night was bright there was not much difficulty in seeing the people on the road so that Mickey had no difficulty in recognising a horseman coming towards him about a quarter of a mile away. He was very much surprised however when he saw that there were many horsemen moving in perfect formation. The horses were beautiful
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Tom Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    26
    Address
    Ballyduffy, Co. Longford