School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 06_003
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- When St Patrick was in the parish of Aughagower there was a man living in a village called Cluain Da Chon. He always kept two hounds and he was a wicked man. One day when St Patrick was passing through the village he set his two hounds on him. St Patrick made the sign of the cross and the ground opened and swallowed the two hounds. Since that it is call Cluain Da Chon.
- Collector
- Thomas Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackaun, Co. Mayo
- One night a man was out late at night in a corpse house. He did not see his comrades going out of the house. A short time after he left the house he was passing a very lonely(continues on next page)
