School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Knockbeha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Maolruanaidh
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into human shape again.The man went to America and never was seen again.
- There were many tales told about things which happened in this vicinity some years ago. Some damages were done accidentally and others were done wilfully.Some years ago others was a shed-full of hay burnt accidentally which belonged to John O'Mara of this vicinity.There was a good deal of drownings and burnings which occurred around here.About forty five years ago there two young boys drowned in Lough
Graney.There were three in a boat fishing by the names of Bourke, Moloney and Corry. They were boating along until all of a sudden the boat turned up side down.Moloney and Corry were drowned ans Burke was saved he caught the side of the boat.He also had a beads and a scapular in his hand.Their bodies wer'nt found until a priest blessed a sheaf and let it out on the lake and he said "wherever the sheaf would rest the bodies would be underneath it"and so they were found.There was a house burnt by the Black and Tans which belonged to P Mc Arthur in the year 1921 and another house was also burnt by them which was owned by Pat Houlihan in the same in this vicinity .There was a hay shed burnt on a man by the name of Mack by the tans. There was a man killed(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary O' Mara
- Gender
- Female
