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School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)

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Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 393

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    “There was a woman long ago who lived in inward Ardgroom, Castlebere, Co. Cork but on our Kerry borders.”

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    Daniel that she only got stolen away by the fairies & she told him to get six of the best boatmen & to go there on a certain night and to stand at a certain bridge and that his wife would be on third last horse behind a man riding, and to snap her off and bring her to the boat and as hard as they could pull home to pull.
    He did as he was told & when they reached the home shore the sea broke hundreds of feet high. He had her home safe & sound and she lived forty years afterwards. She often
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James O' Shea
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Kerry