School: Leath-árdán

Location:
Lahardaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Ceallaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 95

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 95

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: Leath-árdán
  2. XML Page 95
  3. XML “A Story about a Sea-Horse that Was Seen in Lough Conn”
  4. XML “Another Story about a Sea-Horse Was Seen in Lough Conn”

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. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. water-horses (~138)
    Language
    English
  2. About a half a year ag[o] Mr. Moore N. T. in Rathkell, N. S. and Tommie Queenaun Leharrow Lahardance were hunting near Lough Conn in Mr. Walksh's land Castlehill. They were not long there when the[y] saw a big horse swimming in the lake. It had a long mane and was roaring very loud. They were very much afraid, they did not wait till it went out again in the lake.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.