School: Milford (roll number 10586)
- Location:
- Millford, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: James Mc Veigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 072
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- Lough Columbcille is situated between hills about a mile outside Milford. It covers an area of 17 acres. The lough is named after St. Columcille who spent a lot of his time there. There still remains the stone chair and the stone bed where he rested. On one of the rocks there is the trace of a fish and Columbcille's hand. Columbcille said that no fisherman would catch more than two fish in one day until a church would be built in Milford. Milford gets its water supply from Lough Columbcille. There is a small island in the lough. The lough is famous for the large trout that are in it.
- Collector
- Isa Mc Nutt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghanursan, Co. Donegal