School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Molloy
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 087
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- In ireland there is a lake called Inchiquin. The lake was not always there, a castle once stood lwhere the lake now is.
Long ago a chief ruled over the lands of Inchiquin, he was very handsome but was unwed.
Not far from the tower there was a cave near the cave was a bubbling well.
The water in it was pure and fresh yet people shunned the spot, because it was said that a lady dwelt within the cave and each moring at daybreak she came to drink the water.
This lady was of fairy birth.
One moring when the chief had been caught by a mist while out hunting and when he was returning to his castle, at dawn, he caught sight of the lady. She was runinng, but the chief leaping from his horse caught her ere she reached the cave, and he besought her not to leave him.
She said to him "never bring friend or stranger as guest into our home".
The chief kept his word.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Delamere
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wooddown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Delamere
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Wooddown, Co. Westmeath
