School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)

Location:
Corrower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 499

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  1. There was a leabaid Diarmuda in Mr. John Gilmartin's field, Currower, Ballina, some years ago. It was so called, because here Diarmud and his wife Grainne slept.
    The bed was a flagged one, about six feet long and about three feet wide, and there was a flag covering the bed which was sunk in the ground.
    They used a bag of sand as a mattress, and in this way they deceived Grainne's father who always had a prophet out searching for Grainne because she went off with Diarmuid.
    The prophet used to say that Diarmuid and Grainne were on a bed of sand and the king would send his men to the seaside in search of them.
    Mrs Igoe, a middle-aged woman who owned the farm years ago blasted the stone and dug up the bed and there are only small bits of the stone to be seen
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corrower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Hennigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    83
    Address
    Corrower, Co. Mayo