School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Margaret Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 109
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- (continued from previous page)One of the boys who was sitting near the hole leaped into it, and suddenly disappeared and he was never more heard of.
On the following Garland Sunday when the boy were gathered at the hole they found the clothes of the boy near the hole.
- When the Tuata-De-Dannan came to Ireland it is said they landed at Sligo crossed Lough Allen and went in hiding on Sliab-an-Iarainn. They found iron on Sliab-an-Iarainn, hence the name Sliab-an-Iarainn (the mountain of iron).
A battle was fought on Sliab-an-Iarainn between the Tuata-De-Danann and the Firbolgs, and it is said that the Shannon ran red with blood after this battle. The Tuata-de-Danann were victorious in their battle in Mag Rein.
