School: Cloonsarn (roll number 16025)
- Location:
- Lisgillock Glebe, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peter Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 668
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- About fifty years ago there was to be seen a small lake to be seen between the townlands of [?] [?] and Drumgreene in the parish of [?] in the county Leitrim. This Lake is half a mile due north of [?] Chapel, and then had an area of about two or three acres. Now, oweing to the constant [?] [?] from the surrounding bogs this lake has been filled in and is now covered over with a thick "[?] growing a course sedge. This lake is locally known as [?] or maun. On the Ordnance map it is marked and named Lake Naman.An old story was handed down in the neighbourhood that about two hundred years ago two women, neighbouring there went, as was then and even in later times this custom to wash and bleach linen at the edge of this lake. They started early in the morning after breakfast, but no trace of them was ever to be seen since.About fortyfive years ago my father was repairing his dwelling house, Myself and my brother Patrick Kilkenny were attending the Mason. One evening the mason told us that next day he would want two unusually long stones to set in the chimney. My brother(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Kilkenny
- Gender
- Male
