School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Eugene Conway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 181
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - On the hill of Forgeny Ballymahon a town stood long ago named Forgeny Town. When St. Patrick was passing through it he left a bishop there. There were soldiers staying in the town, and at the bottom of the hill there was a big lake. At all times at night and morning the soldiers used to drive their horses to the lake to give them a drink. The bishop could get no sleep. He told St. Patrick about it. St. Patrick said, "Before morning all the water of the lake shall be in the sea." When morning came the lake was gone. A well now stands under a tree where the lake was. The well is over the ground a good bit and yet it never springs out on the field. The well is called St. Patrick's.
