School: Stranorlar
- Location:
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Chomhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 64
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“Once upon a time there lived a young hunter in Dungloe County Donegal.”
(continued from previous page)the side she had left. So she swam back. Then once more the echoes made the cry seem to come from the farther side.
Again and again she crossed the lake seeking for her brother. But her swimming got slower and slower, while the call of the injured hero grew lower and fainter.
The cry of her dying brother filled her with grief and despair. Her own strength was now gone, and she sank beneath the waves and was drowned.
The brave girls name was Finna and after her the lake was called Finn, the same name was given to the river.
- Collector
- Anna Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Dan Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Mullandrait, Co. Donegal