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   The boy with the beads was saved.The Black and Tans burned hay they burned Mc
   Arthurs house in the year 1921. One Sunday a man by the name of Pat Vaughan was going home from Mass .A woman rose a dispute with him and the woman knocked him and struck him with an umbrella and said he would never rise and he never did.He died between two trees
   a leaf never came on the trees since.There was a hayshed of hay burned accidentally on a man by the name of John O'Mara 2 years ago.

   

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2. The Local Happenings

   

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   There are many tales told about the happenings which occurred in this vicinity some years ago. Some relating to drowning more to motor accidents and some more to burnings.About forty-five years ago a drowning occurred in Lough Graney lake.Three men were boating on the lake one day.The names of the three men were Corry,Moloney and Bourke. They were boating away until all of a sudden the boat over turned.It pinned Corry and Moloney underneath it but Bourke clung to the boat and was saved.he was wearing a Scapular and carried a beads with him.The bodies couldn't be found for a few days until the priest blessed a sheaf of oats and let it swim out on the lake.

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. cruatan (~1,565)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ita Mc Arthur

   Gender

   Female