School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)
- Location:
- Oileán Baoi, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 130
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- (continued from previous page)same night and they saw her also. No one was able to give any explanation about the matter.
Two of the men that were out fishing that night and who saw the light and the steamer told me this story and they had no doubt about the matter.
- One night very late a number of Dursey fishermen were coming home after being fishing. They were fining the boats east in Lic and they saw a big light coming down from above the Light House Station and it followed the path down to Faill Mhiníochtain - the cliff where the people from the Island go ashore and leave their boats moored. The Island people always use this path when going and coming. It stopped at the water's edge and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Dudly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Mhichíl, Co. Chorcaí
