School: An Clochar, Buirgheas Uí Chatháin (roll number 15820)
- Location:
- Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr M. Vincent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 261
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- (continued from previous page)was to be buried at Ross-na-Riogh and not in pagan Brugh. On the day of the funeral the Boyne was in high flood. Four tall warriors placed the dead king on their shoulders and tried to cross the river with him but they could not keep their feet in the strong flow of water. Twice they tried to cross and twice the river drove them back. Then there was a sudden rush of water and the Boyne swept the corpse from their shoulders and bore it away to Ross-na-Riogh. Next morning the shepherds found the corpse and buried it at Ross-na-Riogh. Even in death it seemed that the king had more power than they. So Cormac macAirt the lover of peace was buried at Ross-na-Riogh as he had wished.I, Maureen O'Donohue, Bushy Park, Borrisokane got this from my father John O'Donohue Bushy Park, Borrisokane Co. Tipperary.
- Collector
- Maureen O' Donohue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bushy Park, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John O' Donohue
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bushy Park, Co. Tipperary
