School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 524
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- (continued from previous page)There is a field where the horse used to be out grazing. It is ever since called Music Field.
- A story.On last Summer when I was on my holidays there was a great heap of stones near the place where I was staying. It is called the hill of cairns. It is about fifteen feet high. One time there was a battle in in Moytura and there was a king killed on his way from the battle. His name was King Cocaidh and he was buried under this cairn.Everyone of his soldier put a stone over his grave. There was a passage into his grave. One time there were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Ryan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Mayo
