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School: Foxrock, Ballacolla (roll number 15562)

Location:
Clogh, Co. Laois
Teacher:
M. Bevans
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 015

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  1. The Townland of Grantstown - Grantstown Lake

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    In Lord Castletown's erly life he went to fish in Granstown lake for pike. He and his gamekeeper, Mr. Byce, got into the boat. They were fishing for some time and at last a huge pike took the bait. His Lordship played him for over an hour. The pike became violent and made several attempts to overturn the boat and would have done so only that His Lordship let go the rod in order to save their lives.
    There is an old tradition that houses can be seen in the bottom of the lake on five days. It is said that this town was covered by the waters of the lake.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Jacob
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grantstown, Co. Laois
    Informant
    John Jacob
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Grantstown, Co. Laois