School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- There is a holy well in Doollagh. It is in a meadow of Tom McMahon's. Nobody goes to it because most people in that townland are Protestants.
- Collector
- James Farmer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Lios Cumascaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Ellen Beagon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Address
- An Tamhnach, Co. Mhuineacháin
Story
“Long ago it was said that a boy would be killed by lightning on a certain day.”
Long ago it was said that a boy would be killed by lightning on a certain day. His parents sent him to school to become a priest. the day on which he was to be killed came. The father had a hole dug for him. The boy had holidays at the time. The father told him to go into it. The boy would not(continues on next page)