School: Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua
- Location:
- Killaghteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Nioclás Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)her apron and promised to fill it with gold if she would tell what she knew. But the old woman refused to tell. Her descendants are still living in Barna.
- In the parish of Ardagh there is a holy well dedicated to St Molua. There is a legend told about this well that one day as St Patrick was was passing through a Ardagh he called at a house for a drink of water. The people refused him and so he cursed a well there. His curse was that the people who would drink its water would die. He got sorry for this course and he raised it that the birds that would drink its water would die.
- Informant
- Mrs Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnagh, Co. Limerick
A Song
“Mackessy the tailor he strolls along the wall,”
Mackessy the tailor he strolls along the wall,
He makes a dash across the street and into McCoy(continues on next page)