School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 175
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- At the time the English were taking the castles Donal O'Sullivan was chieftain in Castletownbere. He sent his wife to Gaugane for safety.
The English commander and his men were out sporting and he saw the lady whom he wanted to take by force, but she did not want to go; when she resisted he stabbed her. The funeral came to Bantry Abbey by night. It happened that Donal was there before it. He viewed the corpse and when he saw she was stabbed, he swore that neither food nor drink would he taste until he would lay the enemy low. He dressed up in a Monk's habit(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 16
- Address
- Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr T. Bennett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
