School: Béal Dearg (roll number 11582)

Location:
Béal Deirg Mór, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Conghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0139, Page 208

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    to Rathavesteen and the Rathavesteen portion of it is still called Buifreach.
    The bittern could be continually heard “roaring” here in olden times.
    About 1936 I shot a bittern at the foot of Thanney Mór , the haunt of the Bulsaire in the past. It was the only specimen ever seen in the district even by those up to eighty years of age. I had it preserved and have it still.
    No other bittern has been seen in the district since. The local name for the bird was Bunán Léine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A Strange Fish
    While fishing on the beach one evening about 1935 or 1936 I saw a fish floundering in the water. It was a silver-coloured fish round and flat. I sent it to a fish company in Dublin to find out its name but apparently they didn’t know and it ended up in the Museum.
    It was a fish called a Rays-Bream a very rare species I believe for the Irish waters. The fish is now in the Museum I believe.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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