School: Carrickallen

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   of sixty eight.
   All were made welcome with shovels and spades.
   To work hard for five days ere their wages were made.
   Till one clever hero undaunted did say.
   War out my brave boys we must have the high pay.

   There are no woods in my district and it is hilly with some bog.
   In the seat of Tullyinchin is a picturesque little lake known as Lough Acannon.
   In former times this lake was noted for its good fishing, principally. Pike and Trout.
   On the south-eastern border of upper Tullyinchin there is a small river and it flows to the river Erne and has it source in Lough Acannon.
   There is no name on it.
   It is supposed that near the stream known as the Sruthán which separates the townland of Carrickallen from upper Tullyinchin a Ban Shee cries when some of the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses are going to die.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Tullyunshin, Co. Cavan

   Collector

   Teresa Clarke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullyunshin, Co. Cavan