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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Áth Dara, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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  1. Old Schools (continued)

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    taught the people their prayers and they used write with quills. He stayed about a month in each district and he got paid every three months. He got lodgings from the people in turn.
    Brigid Fitzgerald, Clorane, Kildimo, Co. Limerick.
    From James Fitzgerald, Clorane, Kildimo, Co. Limerick. (84 yrs)
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  2. A Fort

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    A Fort.
    There are not many forts in my school district but there is one about three miles from it called the Devil's fort. The story is told of many children who went picking sticks. The oldest of them was called Mary Carroll. As they were about to come home one of them saw a very peculiar
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    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Áth Dara, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    George Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Áth Dara, Co. Luimnigh