School: Gleann, Meathus Truim (roll number 12136)
- Location:
- Glen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Beirn
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- Long ago there lived in this district a woman who had four children. The children were very young when their father died, and the woman found it very hard to support them.
They lived in a small thatched house on four acres of land. When the time came for her to pay the rent, she had no money and she did not know how to meet the demands of the collector. The night before the money was due she was sitting over the fire thinking of her misfortune when suddenly she heard(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noellie Kilduff
- Gender
- Male
