School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 651
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- (continued from previous page)He found a roofless cottage there.VII
Heartbroken and with grief oppressed,
The crumbling ruins he did explore,
And then sat down his bones to rest
He slept, but woke no more.
- Long ago strange animals were often seen in Keeldra lough.
A man named Michael Heatherton was up very early one morning and he looked down towards Keeldra Lough and he saw a strange animal eating grass at the brink of it. He knew it was a young horse. He started down towards him and tried to catch him but when he was about to catch him he ran into the Lough.
A young horse was often seen eating grass in the fields along the Lough. When the mare wanted him she would neigh.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Máire Ní Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Keeldra, Co. Leitrim
