School: Castlecary
- Location:
- Ballyrattan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary S.J. Donaghy
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“In one of St Columbkille's prophecies he foretold that the first man to climb the hill outside Carndonagh would be riding on a white horse.”
In one of St Columbkille's prophecies he foretold that the first man to climb the hill outside Carndonagh would be riding on a white horse. He would be a great patriot, and crowds of people would gather to hear this speech.This prophecy is supposed to have been fulfilled when a crowd of tenant farmers gathered to hear a speech about the land league and the man who delivered the speech was riding on a white horse and spoke from the top of this hill, so that all the people would hear him plainly.
- Collector
- Arthur Peoples
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlecary, Co. Donegal