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School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)

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Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Patrick O' Dowd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 198

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    When several natural agencies were determining the present course of the River Shannon, the water was obstructed by a ridge of stiff clay resting on limestone and extending due east from the present townland of Ballinclare to Lanesborough - a distance of one mile. To the north, there were great flats covered with water which now are covered with bogs. To the south, there was a long depression now occupied by Lough Ree; formely known as Lough Ribh.
    It was so called from Ribh, a Munster prince who with his family was drowned here - according to a legend - when Lough Ribh or Ree made its first appearance.
    In the course of time the obstructed water made a passage through this ridge; but here the water course remained shallow ever after and it became a famous ford.
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    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Scally
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moher, Co. Roscommon