School: Droichead na Dóinne (roll number 10261)
- Location:
- Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Scolaidhe
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- There is a holy well in the farm of Ml Nash Rossmore Tahilla. This well is there hundreds of years & may still be seen. There is the following folk tale told of it still.
Long ago, when priests were not allowed to say Mass, a priest was going to say Mass across the bay (Kenmare Bay, which is here three miles wide). He saw a crowd of Protestant soldiers coming after him. He got on his horse & struck him with the whip & jumped him over the three miles of water which flows between Tuosist (in Ivera) and Rossmore Island (in Iveragh.
When the horse "landed" he struck his hooves on the rock & the sign of(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Michael Nash
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 45
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Rossmore Island, Co. Kerry
