School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

Location:
Lehid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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    near fainting in the boat. They rowed out again and brought the trammels in, so they bought them for good and did not go out any more. The names of the men that were there that day were John Riney and his son Dan, and Daniel Riney of Clonee and Dan Downing and my uncle Patrick O'Sullivan and Patsy Galvan of Ardea. Daniel Riney now dead was the man that saw the white horse a little distance from his own boat and it appeared again at the middle of the bay. All the crew could have seen the [?] that happened on that day and concerning the image of the glove it appeared just like one real glove. When the boat was sinking there were any amount of fish floating on the top of the water around the boat.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leaghillaun, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick O' Sullivan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63