School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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- Annie O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballygarran, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- William O' Connell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballygarran, Co. Waterford
- Long ago there was a man in Bonmahon who was not very steady. One Sunday he was sitting by the sea-side. He ran out into the sea, and dived into the water, intending to drown himself, but he did not succeed. He came in and filled his pockets with sand, and went out again, but the water only washed the sand, and he came in a second time. Next time he filled his pockets with stones, and when he went out, he dived into the water, and he did not come up again. His body was that night by two Coast gards.
