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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

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Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 393

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    the district meet there on Sunday evenings, and some of the young men go fishing, while others go in for a swimming race.
    One Saturday evening in August a few years ago two men named Jim Copithorne and Franks Shannon went in for a dip. After being some time in the water the former slipped off a rock, and fell on his back into the deepest part of the river. He would have been drowned had not a man named Richard Whitley come on and saved him, by leaping into the water and dragging him out on to the bank. Mr. Whitley afterwards received a medal for risking his life in making such a brave effort to save him.
    A few yards to the right of the Bridge Hole there is a place called Poll Ellen. It is a place much the same as the Bathing Hole but a great many trout are found there in the summer months.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Dukelow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Goirtín na Coille, Co. Chorcaí