School: Clanna Caoilte (B.) (roll number 12286)

Location:
Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Síthe
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    northern side of "Ounachincha strand" south beyond "Cliodna Rock" and as far as the "Coirlean" it rise about fifty feet high and this wave is called "Cliodna Wave."
    Any-one who would go down to the door and rap three times and say "Open Sea Sake" she would open the door and follow them and carry them away with her into the rock and would not leave them go, because there is no one who have any magic wand or any thing to save them. It was said that "Cliodna" is the daughter of the fairy King of Munster.
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