School: Gleann Éada (roll number 8537)
- Location:
- Glenade, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolaith
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- (continued from previous page)him to bring a pitchfork with him. The English man was not dead and he caught the pitchfork and had like to smother Grainne with his bloode. Cormac had to go out again. They fought the battle on a hill where Cormac was living. It is now called Riles hill. The English man's horse ran off to the castle in Manorthamilton. Then Cormac went to Ahanlish mountain and lived in a cave Cloc Labaris was the name of the flag that he had outside the cave and it could tell him how many soldiers were outside the cave. The English came to the cave and they planned to stick anyone with dry clothes on, because they were all wet themselves. Cormac heard them and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bean Uí Mhaolaith
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Glenade, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Pat Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrowduff, Co. Leitrim
