School: Druim Míleadh (roll number 14898)
- Location:
- Drumeela, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ailbeard Mac an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 146
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- Owing to turf cutting and the preservative nature of peat we find Co. Leitrim very rich in examples of old weapons and tools.
I give below a description of some articles found in this vicinity.
[drawing of] Bronze Spearhead found by a pupil named James Keleher in 1932. The above is a beautiful and perfect specimen of a weapon of the early bronze period. I was able to procure this weapon for Mr Henry Morris who bought it off the boy. It was discovered by the boy when wading in Garadice Lake during a particularly dry period of above year.
Mr Morris gave me considerable information regarding it. He said that a factory for the manufacture of such weapons existed then in the Isle of Man.
The above specimen belonged to a period about 1000 years anterior to Christianity. What struck me most was the extreme beauty and grace of its lines.(continues on next page)
