School: Baile an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Rós Nic Airchinnigh
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- (continued from previous page)in Carrigans. The priest Fr Martin happened to be passing by and he asked the boy to come for a bathe with him. When the boy got his father in at dinner, he stole away with the priest. They went over to Tráigh Bhuidhe, a very treacherous spot.
The priest was a good swimmer and swam out far, but the boy was not able to swim and in trying to reach the priest he got into a current and was lost before the priest could reach him. A search was made for the body byt it was never found until night nights after when a man from Ballyconnell dreamt that if he went at 12 o'clock to a certain sport high up on the shore(continues on next page)
