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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Bearna na Gaoithe, Co. Chill Chainnigh
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Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 102

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    (continued from previous page)
    and had them hanged.
    The spot where the coach was robbed is now called "The Soldiers Bush". For many years the soldiers appeared twice a year in the form of hounds with fire coming from their mouths. At that time there were no clocks and one night a poor woman got up to go to the market in Carrick. When she got to Killamery a man told her to come inside the ditch for a few minutes.
    Just as she got inside the ditch three hounds
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Murray
    Gender
    Female