School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Gleann Fhiodan, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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- Tradition said there is a mermaid in Lough Ban in the shape of a white house. She was seen a couple of times. Joe Cullen who is now dead saw it, when he was running away and he fainted.LeiphreachansAbout 15 years ago there was a Leiphreachan see in glaskstown bog. The men were cutting turf and they ran away when they saw him, and when they came back the clamps of turf were all knooked
- Collector
- Hugh Fitzsimons
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