School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)
- Location:
- Glenderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
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- (continued from previous page)interesting old stories. It was said that an attack was once made on the monastery of Keelmacada.
These monks were put to flight and three of them were pursued to the cliffs and driven over them into the little lake now known as Loc na mBrathar, where they met with instant death and immediately the three rocks grew up in in the middle of the water.
Other says that Lough na mBratar was the scene of a priest hunt in Cromwell's time. These priests were hiding in a cave close by, word was given that the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Laide
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromatoor, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Laide
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Dromatoor, Co. Kerry
