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School: Bailieboro (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 165

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  1. Story of Moybolgue

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    A banshee is heard around Moybolog and until this present day. It goes around the Grave-yard and up to Carrigarocks fro Carrigarocks to Rosemount and then to Clugga lake. In this lake there is a bell which rings every seven years. It is supposed to be the bell which was iNnSaint Patrick's church of Moybolg, long years ago. There is also a light which goes from place to place and no one knows what it is.
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      1. narratives (~478)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Gaynor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Joe Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan

  2. Story of Seeoran Lake

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    An account is given in the "Annals of the Four Masters" that the lake of Suidhe Odhrain (Seeorum) disappeared in one night at the end of the feast of St Michael. The site of this lake is in the townland of Seeorum, parish of
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