School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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- 1. Many years ago there did a man live in Ballinagar. He was a saintly man, and he lived by himself.
2. He built his own hut and lived on fish. There was a well and a stream outside his hut. Ned Mullin was his name.
3. The fish used to come up the stream at his call. He made his own grave out of a rock. He wrote his own name on a slab.
4. The morning that he died there was a wonder-ful flock of birds seen around his hut. He used to be praying every day and night. He was a very Holy man.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nancy Madden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnaboy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Bob Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barnaboy, Co. Galway