School: Urblereagh
- Location:
- Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. D. Quigley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 220
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- (continued from previous page)to the bens but the bull followed after. Near the head of the bens there was a little hollow and here the man lay for safety. The bull followed at such a rate that he leaped over the hollow and fell headforemost down the bens and was killed.
At the foot of these is a rock known as the "Seagulls Rock". It was so called because no matter what kind of weather is on the seagulls always seek shelter on it and for this reason it is nearly covered with seagulls.
Near this there are three white rocks known as the "Three Sisters". They were so called because long ago there lived near here three girls. They did some harm to the fairies and to punish them they turned them into three white rocks. Ever since they were called the "Three Sisters".
- Collector
- Kate Ann Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lougherbraghy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Mc Laughlin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lougherbraghy, Co. Donegal
