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School: Ballykilmurry

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Ballykilmurry, Co. Offaly
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Bean Uí Odhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 120

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    On our fields.
    There is a field about 100 yds from our house which is called the bullring because there was a bull and a ram fighting in it and the ram killed the bull.There is another field on our land in Durrow which was a graveyard in olden times. It is called the relig. There are a lot of whitethorn bushes growing on it and the man that owned the field would not allow them to be cut because when he was ploughing in that spot he found bones of men
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Bermingham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aharney, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joseph Bermingham
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aharney, Co. Offaly