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GILLIGAN FAMILY

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Leaving certificate
Leaving certificate
Photo: FRED FOSTER
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Item #: 7199
This certificate was issued to Elizabeth Gilligan at the age of 13 so that she could go to look for work, having got the requisite number of hours in at school

Comment by: fred foster on 4th September 2008 at 09:43

Oops!! I put in the wrong certificate. This is the one that Elizabeth's husband, Ted got when he left school. He went to work in a bakers in Chapel Lane, where he had an unfortunate accident with a loaf. He sat on it!! To dipose of the evidence and stop a rollicking, he ate the said loat!

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