School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)
- Location:
- Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 009
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- Once upon a time there was a man named
Patrick Healy who lived in the townland of
Killaraght near Boyle. He was a very poor man and
lived alone in a small house. He dream't on three
successive nights that if he would stand on the
bridge of Athlone he would get his fortune.He went to Athlone bridge and on the
third day he met a cobbler who asked him
what he was walking the bridge for these
last two days. He told the cobbler
that he dream't that if he went to
Athlone bridge he would meet his fortune.
The cobbler then asked him did he know
Killaraght graveyard and a field near it named
Mullarkey's with a tree growing in the centre.The man said he did. The cobbler told
him he dream't three successive nights
that on the East side of the tree a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Crummy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
