School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)
- Location:
- Baile na mBreatnach, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 464
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Once upon a time there was a man who worked in Gilltown. He used to make clocks. He made a clock and he put it up on a tree at Cannycourt spout. It always kept good time. it used to go by the water. He would get any money to make one the same. He made them and they didn't keep good time. People from all parts of the world came to look at the clock at Cannycourt spout
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