School: Srón (roll number 9090)
- Location:
- Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
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- could carry me instead of I carrying you and he went up on the barth and went flying home. When entering the yard the dogs barked and the cock crew. Marne hearing the noise went to the door with a stick. She went out and began to beat Donnacada around the yard. Donnacada having but one more wish. I wish he said to Marne that Ireland was between the two of us. So Marne was put to one end of Ireland and Donnacada was put to the other end and they are two islands known today as Donnacada Di and Tronn A Marne. There was a woman in her death bed once and she told the people not to be a bit sorry after her but to have music and dance. They did not do that but they were praying. On the day of her funeral when the corpse was leaving the yard the people heard all the music but they could not see anything and it is said that it was the fairies that were playing the music.
- Collector
- Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Headfort, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Padraig Ó Concubhar
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Moulagow, Co. Kerry
