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 138
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- (continued from previous page)while they would be going north and then they would take him coming home and tow the bác after them. Peats said indeed, that he would not so Batt Cáiscí of Cill Mhichíl said he would go ashore and mind it there until they would come back. There were people living on the Scairbh at the time so Batt went up and had tea with them. The Dursey people used land their often when on their way going and coming from the north - Ballinaskelligs and Currán and other places along the coast where they used go selling fish.When they were coming home they took Batt in again and they tied the bác and they towed it all the way down to “Lic”. When they were coming down towards the mouth of the Sound they saw more bács along the north side of Dursey. They brought the one they had down to Lic first and then they went away north and took a lot more of them and brought them all down.
So when the people of the Island(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus D. Ó Súilleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmichael, Co. Cork
