School: An Cnoc, Clanna Caoilte
- Location:
- Knocks, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liatháin
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- (continued from previous page)injury suffered greatly from shock, and ever after was subject to severe headaches before and during a thunder-storm.
- About two miles west of Ballineen there is a place called "Léim an tSagart". It is said that years ago a bishop, named Egan, was murdered there, by a local protestant, who afterwards escaped to America. The deed was done by a spear, used for spearing salmon, (The Bandon River runs quite near) which he buried in the local bog.
Thirty-five years after the murderer returned to his native district, and on his way through the same bog, he got stabbed through the foot by the same spear and died in great agony. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
