School: Béal Átha na Sluagh (Buachaillí)

Location:
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0092

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  1. There is a great many forths in Ireland. I know a couple in Ballinasloe. There is one in the Mental Hospital lands but the best one I know is in Mr. Lombards land. On the Kilconnell road it is said that there was music heard in it every night. A boy was passing and the fairies caught him in a forth. Next morning the people were looking for him and they found him in the forth.
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