School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)
- Location:
- Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Beirn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_002
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- Ór Caillte i Loch Cuthra
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There is above Gort a place called Ballyturn. In that place a woman called Nora na Gceann lived long ago. She had a special room for her gold. She had a coachman who drove her out in her coach every day.
One day whilst he drove her, the coach overturned and Nora was killed. The coachman returned to the castle for the gold and loaded it into a boat. He then went into the boat and started to go across the lake so as to hide the gold, but a man followed him.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ciaran Ó' Beirn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr J. Burns
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Laban, Co. Galway
