School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0113
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- Fairy Stories.Pat Kelly, of Ballinakill, 2.1/2 miles from Eyrecourt, had the following experience:- One night he was coming home from Clonfert, (3 miles from Eyrecourt to the West of B.) by a short-cut through the fields. It was nearing the midnight hour, and quite suddenly he saw a big hunt with the usual arrany of huntsmen, hounds etc. The first hunstman halted, and asked him if he'd care to follow the hunt. He said "he wouldn't - that he was on his way home. A second hunstman stopped near him, and asked him the same question to which he replied in the negative. On being asked by the third hunstman he agreed, and immediately a calf sprung up as if from nowhere, and bore him away at a terrific pace. He was told by the third hunstman not to speak. The hunt had been on for a good time, and the calf was still speeding along. When the calf jumped over two ditches and a "póirín", and got ahead of the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pat Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynakill, Co. Galway
