School: An Clochar, Béal an Átha Móir (roll number 13614)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: An tSr. Áthracht
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 336
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- It is said that in a lake namely Lough Allen, there is a Mermaid. About 6 mths ago, a man whose name was Pat Mc Gourty, was going to Drumshambo to a fair, it was early in the morning and he saw the girl sitting on a rock over the lake, she seemed to be knitting, she was shaped like any other girl round the head and shoulders but she had a fishe's tail. She had long platted hair down her back, when she saw the man, she dived into the water again, and that was the last sight he saw of her.
- Collector
- Elizabeth O' Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Edentinny, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Killaneen, Co. Leitrim
