1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Westland

School: Westland (roll number 8428)

Location:
Donore, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mrs. E. J. Roberts
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 001

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 001

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Westland
  2. XML Page 001
  3. XML “Local Heroes”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Heroes

    Share Share Post
    Two great swimmers lived in this district in olden times. One was names James Malone, and the other James Gordan.
    James Malone is dead now but his address was Kilmainham Wood, Nobber, Co. Meath. A man named Dolin was drowned in White-Wood Lake, Kilmainham Wood, and Malone took him up from the bottom.
    He would light a pipe on one side of the lake and swim over to the other side, and back to the same spot and the pipe would still be lit.
    The lake is 200 perches across.
    James Gordan, Killigriff, Bailieboro, Co. Cavan also took a man from the bottom of Breaky Lake who had been drowned. There is a whirlpool in Breaky Lake and it is very deep in the centre.
    Patrick Muldoon of White-Wood, Kilmainham Wood Co. Meath was the best dancer in this district fifty years ago.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Mc Whirter
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlayne, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr W. Mc Whirter
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormeen, Co. Meath