1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tamney (Robertson)

School: Tamney (Robertson)

Location:
Tawny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mrs Kyle
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 335

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 335

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tamney (Robertson)
  2. XML Page 335
  3. XML “Prophecies of Colmcille”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Prophecies of Colmcille (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    So he caught a salmon. He left the salmon in his boat, he called out that Colmcille was a liar and the salmon jumped out of the boat and in to the water and he could not catch it any more.

    Wrtten by Sarah Thompson Aged 12 years.
    Heard these tales from a woman in Morass whose aunt was a noted storyteller.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. saints
          1. Colm Cille (~265)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Thompson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12