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School: An Mhainistir, Cloch na Rón

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Roundstone, Co. Galway
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Ambrós Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0007, Page 064

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  1. Gormley's Cow and the Fairies

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    There was once a man named Gormley who lived in Errisbeg in a house about two hundred yards from the public road. He had a herd of cattle in the hill and among them was a cow that was to have a calf. He went out one day to bring her home but as he was passing a cliff he heard somebody saying " Gormley's cow will soon have a calf."
    He went home again thinking that he might never get the cow but he made himself contented for he knew that if he brought the cow home something worse would happen to him. Two years after he saw the cow coming down from the hill with two calves, one a year old and the other a few months old.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Dundas
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roundstone, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas King
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ervallagh, Co. Galway