School: Rockfield (roll number 15378)
- Location:
- Rockfield, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Caoimhín Ó Duibhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 284
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- (continued from previous page)the palace door.Inside the palace all sorts of tempting foods were offered him, but he refused to eat, since anyone who ate of fairy food never wished to return home again.O'Falvey anxiously tried to think of some way to escape. At last he had an idea. He went to the lady and told her that he had some important business to attend to, but when that was done, he would return to the depths of the sea.She agreed to release him under those conditions, and O'Falvey returned to his comrades in the boat. O'Falvey had no inclination to leave the world of wind and light.
- Collector
- Francie Mac Carrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolaney, Co. Sligo
