School: Glendalough
- Location:
- Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 401
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- Once upon a time there was a man called Oisin he was the son of Finn. One day he was out hunting and he met with a beautiful lady and he went with her to Tír-n-Óig or the Land of Youth. He was very happy in this place for he never grew old. One day he asked to go back to Ireland to his people, and the lady told him that she would give him a white horse and he was never to put his feet to the ground or he would grow old.She gave him the horse and set him off, he rode away from Tír-ná-Óig and came to Ireland, he saw a lot of men rolling a very big stone, and he thought(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Fairsing
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annamoe, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Statia Fortune
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Oibrí tí
- Address
- Annamoe, Co. Wicklow
