School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)

Location:
Killarney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 257

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 257

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  1. Locán Bodhar is a lake in the middle of a field in Lackabane and this is how it got its name. There were people staying at the Victoria Hotel and a boat-man told them that if a person stood at each side of the lake and spoke to one another their voices would not sound across the lake. One man came up with the boat-man and stood at each side of the lake. The boat-man opened his mouth and pretended to shout to him but the man said he could not hear him. The boat-man told the other man to speak to him and he would see if he could hear him. So he started to shout and the boat-man said he could not hear him. The tourist went home
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lackabane, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Cróinín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lackabane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Pádruig Ua Cróinín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lackabane, Co. Kerry