School: Dunsallagh, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 12860)
- Location:
- Doonsallagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Patrick Walsh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 230
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- There was a farmer near Spanish Point in West Clare who sowed a field of corn. Every morning he noticed that some of the corn was eaten. One night he stayed watching and he saw a mare and a foal coming in from the sea. He tried to catch them but they were too fast.
The next night he gathered a crowd of people. The mare and foal came. They tried to catch them. They caught the foal but the mare ran away.
The farmer sold the foal to a man named Stack-pool. He became one of the swiftest horses in the place.
There were two brothers of the Fitzgerald family living near Stackpool. One of them was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Norah Howe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonsallagh West, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Bruck Crowe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowduff, Co. Clare
