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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

Location:
Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 130

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  3. XML “The Steamer that Came North Down from the Tower”
  4. XML “The Light at Faill Mhiníochtain”

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  1. The Steamer that Came North Down from the Tower (continued)

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  2. The Light at Faill Mhiníochtain

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    One night very late a number of Dursey fishermen were coming home after being fishing. They were fining the boats east in Lic and they saw a big light coming down from above the Light House Station and it followed the path down to Faill Mhiníochtain - the cliff where the people from the Island go ashore and leave their boats moored. The Island people always use this path when going and coming. It stopped at the water's edge and
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