School: St Fiachra's Kilkenny (roll number 11750)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gealagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0855, Page 023
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It is natural that the name of the Shannon should appear very often in the legends and folk-tales as well as in the history of Ireland. Battles have been fought on its banks; churches and schools have overlooked the gleaming waters; it has been crossed by armies in the hour of defeat; pilgrims have sailed up its waters to visit the shrines on its many lake-islands; poets have been inspired by the beauty of its scenery; fishermen have lived on the wild life which finds refuge there. Among people with a keen fancy, lie the early Gaels, a river so wonderful as the Shannon must have a wonderful orign. So the following story(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Tallent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Sheastown, Co. Kilkenny
