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School: Teach Chaoin (C.) (roll number 6681)

Location:
Tagheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Áinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 90

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    (continued from previous page)
    near the well, and the water that gathers, there is a cure for sore eyes.
    Near that river there was a great battle fought between the Irish and the Danes and as St Columcille foretold, the above mentioned river was red with blood.
    There are very high hills, some of them are about a hundred and fifty feet high, and long ago the Fenians practised rifle shooting up against the hills, so that the bullets would not be lost.
    There is also a strange looking bush called the "riding bush" and it is flat in the centre, it is like a table and the old people say that fairies riding on horses were seen there and music was heard in it also.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Drumshinnagh, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumshinnagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr James Mc Hugh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumshinnagh, Co. Mayo