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School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

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Eachaire Sealbha, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 089

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    got into the boat and started for home again and very soon the old man landed Davie on his own door-step with his hundred gallons of poteen.
    Such were the stories Davie told, but I don't think any of them ever happened. In his early career he burned lime, but I don't think this paid as well as the poteen, he made £100, every time he made a "cast" of this illicit drink,
    This man was born in the year 1848 and he died in 1908 at the age of sixty years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doire Laghadagáin (Jackson), Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doire Laghadagáin (Jackson), Co. Mhuineacháin