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“From the school door and looking west, we can see a cattle shed which was originally a public house and afterwards was used as a church before the present church was built in Knockerra.”

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“In years gone by a Schooner was passing on the River Shannon near Killimer having for her cargo gold bars.”

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Mrs P. Murphy

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“Once upon a time there was a women who made a bargain with the devil in order that she could steal butter.”

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Story about Biddy Early

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“Once their lived in Knockerra a man named Tomín O Brien who was a great athlete and he fought in the Crimian war.”

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Kitty Cunningham, Mrs E. Culligan

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“A man named Martin Doyle lived in Dooneil in the parish of Killimer.”

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Kitty Cunningham, M. E. Culligan

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“Long ago there a man and his wife.”

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Mrs John Flanagan, Tess Flanagan

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Family Names

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“The parish of Knockerra and Killimer has no public-house, no bakery, no tailor, no shoe-maker.”

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Ellen Culligan

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Stories about Biddy Early

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Mai Power, Mrs Margret Power

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Biddy Early

“One time a man in Labsheeda had an only son and he was very sick.”

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Josie Griffin

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Biddy Early

“Biddy Early used to tell a lot of things out of an old bottle she had.”

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Bridget Browne

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“In olden time Knockerra and over as far as”

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Bridget Nolan, Mai Power

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The Gabha Rua

“There are many stories told about the Gabha Ruadh but this is one.”

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John Flanagan, Tess Flanagan

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“There is a field back in Carrowfree.”

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Mai Power, Tom Mangan

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“The people of Doonbeg were going on Sundays to the sea picking seaweed and they would not go to Mass.”

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Nolan, Mai Power

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McGrath from Moyasta Shore

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Mai Power, Mrs Power

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“There was a man in Kilcarrol whose name was Hartney.”

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Maureen Grogan

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“At the time of the famine the white boys used to come out and tell the people to give the potatoes to anyone who would come for them.”

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“Down in Vandeleur's wood there is a well dedicated to St Senan an it is particularly noted for a cure for sore eyes.”

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Bridget Nolan, Mai Power

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