School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the lake turned red with blood, as it sank with dying fury to the bottom.
So from that day to this the terrible Dragon, as he was called, that haunted the lake for thousands of years, was never seen since.
- There is a lake on Mullough Measha called Loch an Tairbh. Long ago a poor woman and her son lived at the foot of Mullough Measha.
They were very poor and the bailiff was to come the next day for an old debt which they owed and they had not the money to pay.
The next day the bailiff came for the debt, and the poor woman asked for another few days and that she would then pay the debt. He was(continues on next page) - Collector
- Donal Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrignagat, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr D. Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrignagat, Co. Cork
