School: Lowtown (C.), Galbally
- Location:
- Lowe's Town, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 504
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- Long ago there was a famous wizard or giant named Shaw More lived on Galteemore.
Every year it was the custom for the four cleverest boys in Ireland to visit his palace to consult him about the future, and sometimes to seek his intercession to obtain for them the gifts necessary for their success in life.
The four boys about whose future this story is concerned were: -
Bran - son of the King of Ulster
Colin - the chief of Brehon's gifted heir
Maloe - the great Druid's only boy
Alan - son of one of the King's shepherds
All four were of the same age, entering on their twelfth year.
On reaching Cashel the boys were entertained by the King. He also sent a guard of honour with them to Shaw More's palace.
They had proceeded far on their journey when they heard a loud coughing, but it seemed a great distance away.
"That's Shaw's cough," explained one of the guards. The four boys wondered and were fearful of their reception by the giant.
Reaching Dawson's Table, so called because(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Schofield
- Gender
- Male
