School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
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- (continued from previous page)when he found his property taken. He wrote a letter to MacHugh asking him to fight. MacHugh wrote back and said he would. When the letter in reply was sent, MacHugh's wife became uneasy, and said her husband should not fight but find some plan to get out of it. It was not long until MacHugh thought of a plan. He started cutting trees and made a big cradle out of one. The day came where they were to fight, so the giant came from Scotland. When he came in he asked where was MacHugh. His wife said he was out. He asked who was in the cradle. She said it was the child. He said when the child was so big the father must be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Frank Gilbane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moher, Co. Leitrim
