School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)
- Location:
- Coolronan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 320
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She told him she had to change into a fish for four hours every day and she had three days when she would be twenty-one to see if anyone would claim her on the bank. She warned him every morning never to let her see the lock. She lived with him very happy for a month and this Sunday evening they went for a walk to the black hills that over look the lock.
All of a sudden he saw a great light just at the lock and all at once she said "O John I see the lock Goodbye". On the spot she fell on the ground and took the form of a pike and went like a flash into the lock.
Three years after that Sellar died and was buried in Clondalee on the bank of the Deal when he was buried a lovely girl came out of the Deal and wept over him and splashed into the water again.
- Collector
- Andrew Rispin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
