School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)
- Location:
- Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Grannacháin
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A Story
“I was asking my parents if any strong men were in this district long ago.”
I was asking my parents if any strong men were in this district long ago. I found out a story from my grandfather.
One time long ago a giant lived on the side Tristia. "Peadar Mór" was his name.
To look at him you would not think he was a giant at all, I heard the old people say.
He was a farmer. No person lives now where he lived.
One day he went to the top of Tristia. There was a large rock there. He took it up and cast it. The rock fell at a place called "Poll Buidhe" on Letterbrick hill. The rock is still there. It is a large rock. It is sunk about a foot in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John O' Hora
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 73