School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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- (continued from previous page)Kilsella Waterworks, which supplies the town of Sligo with water is just behind our house. The land land is nearly all boggy and rushes grow on it.
- There is a legend connected with Benbulben which is described in the "Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne," and is to the effect that an enchanted wild boar was pursued by Diarmuid, who, with a heavy stroke, made two pieces of his sword on the boar's back, but as the animal was getting away "Diarmuid made a triumphant cast of the hilt of his sword, that chanced to be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Lindsay
- Gender
- Female