School: Radharc na Mara (roll number 15424)

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1. The Glass Horseshoe

   

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   It is said that St. Columkille passed through Lower Rosses and he gave a glass horse shoe to a family namaed Killerlane and that as long as they would have it they would have wealth but they lent it to somebody and never got it back as now they are as poor as their neighbours.

   

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2. Shipwrecks

   

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   There were two ship wrecks at Roinn Point. These two ships were carring a cargoe of timber to Sligo. They broke their anchor chains out neat Raughley and they were blown in at Roin Point one night there was a gale blowing There was no body drown because the boat was blown in on the shore Some of the sailors got fuse and blew up the ships and they got the cargoe. The Wrecks of thoes two ships are coming up now at Roinn Point

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
         1. shipwrecks (~384)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Haran

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   14

   Informant

   Thomas Gillen

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   43

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Rosses Upper, Co. Sligo