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 234
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- (continued from previous page)handball against other fairies and because Regan was with them they won the game. When all was over they asked him to name his reward and he asked that no man of his surname should ever be drowned, and from that day to this no man of his surname has been drowned along this coast."The seanachie believes however that the "Buaid" or gift applied only to the direct descendants of the man who got the gift from the fairies.Some Proofs:
The Seanachie's (Michael Regan's) great grand-uncle, named Regan owned a boat, and with a full crew he went to Ballycastle to his sister's wedding. When all the merriment was over they set off for home and they were only clear of Cárr na Rinne" (Ballycastle Bay) when a gale came on. The was was so strong that they could not make land. It was a south-easterly gale and it blew the boat(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Regan
- Gender
- Male
