School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 277
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- James Dockory
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenvela, Co. Roscommon
- Glaisdomhne means Gods cow. This cow used to travel three farm of the county Roscommon to give milk to the poor people. Those farms were Oran, Glenvela and Grallagh. She used to stay a fortnight in each of the farms. This cow could never be milked dry no matter how much milk was taken from her.
One time she was in Glenvela an old woman said she would dry the cow. So one morning she brought a riddle and kept milking untill she flooded the valley and the cow was never seen again.
