School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
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- Locán Bodhar is a lake in the middle of a field in Lackabane and this is how it got its name. There were people staying at the Victoria Hotel and a boat-man told them that if a person stood at each side of the lake and spoke to one another their voices would not sound across the lake. One man came up with the boat-man and stood at each side of the lake. The boat-man opened his mouth and pretended to shout to him but the man said he could not hear him. The boat-man told the other man to speak to him and he would see if he could hear him. So he started to shout and the boat-man said he could not hear him. The tourist went home(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Cróinín
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lackabane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Pádruig Ua Cróinín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackabane, Co. Kerry