School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)
- Location:
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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- There was a leabaid Diarmuda in Mr. John Gilmartin's field, Currower, Ballina, some years ago. It was so called, because here Diarmud and his wife Grainne slept.
The bed was a flagged one, about six feet long and about three feet wide, and there was a flag covering the bed which was sunk in the ground.
They used a bag of sand as a mattress, and in this way they deceived Grainne's father who always had a prophet out searching for Grainne because she went off with Diarmuid.
The prophet used to say that Diarmuid and Grainne were on a bed of sand and the king would send his men to the seaside in search of them.
Mrs Igoe, a middle-aged woman who owned the farm years ago blasted the stone and dug up the bed and there are only small bits of the stone to be seen(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joe Gilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Hennigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo