School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)
- Location:
- Derrew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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- Once there lived a man who had a very wise dog and he was always boasting about him and saying that whatever you would lose the dog would find it for you.
A friend visited the man one day and he said he would see was the dog as wise as they said he was.
He then put a shilling under a large rock and said to his friend "Now we will(continues on next page)
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- Maighréad Ní Ghiobúin
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- Pádhraic Mach Ghiobúin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
