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School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

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Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
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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.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ernest Crawford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cullion, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr J. Deery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    30
    Address
    Pettigoe, Co. Donegal