School: Stranorlar
- Location:
- Srath an Urláir, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Chomhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 74
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“Long ago there was no Loch in Loch Alán.”
Long ago there was no Loch in Loch Alán. There was a castle where the Loch is. Beside the castle, the men cut turf.
One day as they were cutting they noticed a well springing up where the were cutting. The well spread and the bog and the castle sank into the ground and Loch Alán which is situated outside Stranorlar is to be seen to the present day.
- Collector
- Maura Laverty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Droim Bó Íochtarach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mr W. Bonner
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Srath an Urláir, Co. Dhún na nGall