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School: Corr Riabhach

Location:
Correagh Glebe, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
R. Mac Éamuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 038

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    for three weeks until the search was over. Another time the guards were after him to arrest him. He was hiding someplace but a guard saw him. Paddy was after leav-ing a plank across a river that was close by, and this plank was broken in the middle Then he stood where the guard could see him and pretended to be hiding. When the guard seen him he ran after him, but Paddy ran across the plank over the river and of course he knew where to step. the guard ran after him, but when he came to the middle of the plank, he fell in. Paddy escaped that time also.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnafana, Co. Cavan