School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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- About three miles south of the village of Killeshandra in Lough Oughter stands Trinity Island. In the eighteenth century there was a deer hunt on the island. The deer dashed into the lake and no one would follow it except Hugh Maguire. Before going into the water he swore that if the deer went to hell he would follow it. He was drowned and on a slab in Trinity graveyard may be seen figures of a man on horse - back, a deer, and a fish. It is thought that this is the last resting place of the hero.
- Collector
- Francis O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derries Upper, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr John O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Derries Upper, Co. Cavan