School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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- (continued from previous page)he saw her he ran up to her and cut off her two legs because if she kept on walking she would drown the world.
That is how Lough Sheelan got its name.
- There is a field in the townland of Ramonan near Ballyjamesduff. It got the name of the wild geese. It got its name long ago.
Priests used to say mass at a small rock in that field, and when mass would be over, the people would(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Joe O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ramonan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Robert O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ramonan, Co. Cavan
