School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- (continued from previous page)and he found a big nest stuck in under a cliff above the one he was on. After a long bit of crawling he got to the nest. He told us all about the nest. He said when he went up the old eagle was gone.
He found two young eagle's in far in the nest with wool and moss around them. He did nothing to them but flung them down into the lake. Then he tore down the nest so quickly as he could for fear the old eagle would come and catch him because she would give him enough of it as he had no weapon to kill her. At any rate he robbed the nest and went down the other side of the cliff and finally got his way home. The eagle was seen no more around that district. She(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Kerrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
