School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)
- Location:
- Forgnaí, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Mrs B. Higgins
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 463
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- The old name of this lake is Lough Suedy. It is said that a chief named Suedy had his residence here about the period of the Christian era. The lake is about a quarter of a mile north of the village of Ballymore in Co Westmeath. Suedy erected a fort on the south bank of the lake. A cave in the fort shows that he resided in it.It is said that there was a town where the lake of Ballymore lies. A witch, who had some grievance against the people of the town, took a vessel of water, and spilled it as she went through the town. It spread over the whole town which was completely submerged.Fishermen, who go out on the lake in Summer, say they can see tops of houses in the lake, when the water is still and clear.
- A hill near Ballymore is called "Sunday's Well Hill." At the base of this hill there is a small well. About a perch away from the well, there is an Altar. At this spot, Mass was said in the penal days.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Forgnaí, Co. an Longfoirt
