School: An Scairbh (C.)

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Máiréad, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 067

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    he only intended to sell one. It was usual for a fight to take place at the fair. All the men used to get drunk and would not leave the village until dark night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. In the Holy Island there are tomb stones with inscriptions written in old Irish called Oghmagh.
    On the gable end of the Protestant Church in Tuamgraney which is one of the oldest stone buildings in Munster there is a figure of a man's head. Some people say it is the figure of Martin Luther's. This church was a Catholic and there were Monks living in it but the Monks were murdered by the Protestants and it is said that their blood flowed into a little stream that is flowing by the Church.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Guilfoyle
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Guilfoyle
    Gender
    Male