School: Loughcrew (roll number 6488)
- Location:
- Loughcrew, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlis, Bean Uí Sheinchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 026
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- "Loch an Lee" is a big mountain in Cavan about two miles from Bailieborough, in the townland of Lee. On a fine clear Summer's day you could see the ships going in and out of Dundalk Bay from its summit.
Long ago there was a lake between these two mountains which make up "Loch an Lee", and the waters of this lake were supposed to have a great cure for certain diseases.
The landlord, who owned this lake had a pack of hounds that were very bad with the mange. He washed his hounds in the lake but, after a while, it dried up.
A poor woman was put out of her home, so she carried up a large quantity of stones to the top of the mountain to build a house, but, before she had it built, she died. The stones can be seen to the present day.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommie Gibson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Naper's Dome, Co. Meath
