School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)
- Location:
- Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Sheáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 367
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- There is a story about St Patrick who was crossing some part of Lough Derg over stepping stones, he stepped on a salmon instead of a step and slipped on the salmon and he cursed it. No salmon have been found in Lough Derg since.
- Collector
- Ernest Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr B. Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal
- In another legend we are told St Patrick was looking for a salmon for his dinner in Lough Derg and could catch none and he cursed the lake and said no salmon would be found in it in future, none have been found in it since.
