School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)very slow in doing so but after a lot of persuading he gave his consent.
That evening the poor woman's son was on the top of the hill near the lake and he saw a beautiful bull. When he saw the bull he ran for his life, but he only followed him slowly. When he reached his house the bull walked up to him and layed down before him. He tried to drive him away but he would not stir. He went in and told his mother and she said that he will go away after a while. But he stayed in the next field to the house. They asked all the neighbours were they missing a bull, but no one seemed to know anything about him. So they kept the bull and gave him to the bailiff for the debt, and from that day forward the lake got the name "Loch an Tairbh".
- Collector
- Donal Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrignagat, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr D. Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrignagat, Co. Cork
