School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 182
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- (continued from previous page)was a prior. He had some cattle out lyers.
There came on one night, a great fall of snow and a cold driving wind with it, so the cattle started to look for shelter, or to warm themselves by running. They never stopped till they came to the shore of Templeport Lake in the County Cavan.As the bird flies it would be about two and a half miles they ran.
When the priest got up he saw that his stock were all gone, so he traced them in the snow; and found them at the lake shore.
At that time there was a Catholic church standing on the east side of the lake for there was no other church at that time.
In that lake there is an island called Inch Island and at that time there lived a man and his wife and it happened that there was a baby born the night of the storm.
The priest was calling to his cattle to get them on the way for home, and he was heard by the man on the island, and he came out and called across the water to the prior.
'' I want you to baptize an infant who does not seem strong and I'm afraid it might die without(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Hastings
- Gender
- Male
