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School: Caisleán hAicéid

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Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0122

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    Queen Maeve
    About the time of Christ there lived in Connaught a queen named Maeve. She had her castle at Cruachan in Co. Roscommon but she had another one on the top of Knock Meadha.
    She had a white horse called "The Enchanted Steed" which was able to bring her from Knock Meadha to Cruachan, in twelve minutes. She was very proud of this horse and one night as she was coming home from Cruachan the horse was killed by Maeve's enemy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pollnahallia, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tim Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Caltragh, Co. Galway