School: Doire Clathach (Derryclough), Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11931)
- Location:
- Derryclogh Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Firbisigh
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- (continued from previous page)them and from the eastern lake to the end of the Gleann (Gleann dawh) it is know as the "Mill Stream". Very near the place in a length of the road is a spot locally known as Carraig a' Mullen
An inhabitant of Knockbue (Cnoc Buidhe) so called an account of the blossomed furze, relates that on one moonlit night when he was a boy in his teens he heard as he stood in the door way of his home and gazed eastwards in the direction of the "Hurling Field" a sudden outburst of cheering similar to that which comes from the winning party of a hurling or Football match. There were many repititions of the jubilation during the ensuing half hour.
I often heard my father God rest(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn Mac Firbisig
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Timothy Mc Carthy Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynagree East, Co. Cork
