School: Nead an Iolraigh (roll number 11669)
- Location:
- Cloonlooaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhain
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- (continued from previous page)of the crew said he didnt like the looks of the boat and advised his men to return. They were only just in when the storm came.
A crew from Ennis Mór were fishing near Slyne Head. They saw a boat with a crew of three coming from the sea at great speed. The leader said it was not a "right boat" and said they should go home. One of the crew was so frightened that he suggested not pulling the nets. This was agreed on & they anchored the nets and fled. They hadnt reached shore when the storm burs. It got pitch dark as a shower came with the storm. They found it very hard to land but still they succeeded. Next day they returned and found seven hundred that his 120 x 7 mackerel in the net.
N.B. The old people of Renvyle say that there are never more or less than three in a phanton boat or under a phantom coffin. The three under a phantom coffin always walk two in frount & one behind.(continues on next page)
