School: Talbhain (Irish Wastelands Society) (roll number 4013)
- Location:
- Knockmoyle East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fhearghail
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0210
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- There is a story told by an old man by the name of Tom Casey and his wife. They lived the north side of the river which runs through this village. The river was crossed by a plank. Their bog was on the north side of the river so they had to bring a cliab of turf across this plank each day. Tom had a brother who was ill in Clare and one day when he was in the bog a man came to tell him his brother was dead.
As Caseys clothes were old and worn he asked the man to swap clothes with him and so he did. Casey told the man to put the (crrish) of the cliab round his neck, and when he would see a cloth on a bush to go to his dinner.
Casey started off through the mountain for there were scarcely(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Gormley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughatorick, Co. Galway
