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School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)

Location:
Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 552

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  1. How I Came to be Called 'Pilot'

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    John Carberry (Pilot)
    Gleann Fraoigh
    Muine Connelláin

    I was called "Pilot" and my father before me was called "Pilot".
    I was born by the shores of Loch Iascaigh in Co. Sligo.
    It was a great fishing lake and many gentlemen used to come there. There was a great lawyer at that time practising in Sligo.
    He used to come with his brother, a doctor, fishing to Loch Iasgaigh.
    Now my father kept a boat and he knew there used to come a drowning on the lake at a certain time of the year about the time of Domhnach Cruim Duibh.
    The were out, the Fentons, this Sunday, and my father saw they were caught in a whirl
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Bhreathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Carberry
    Other names
    John Carberry
    Pilot (local name)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Glenree, Co. Mayo