School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)
- Location:
- Cill Cholmáin, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- (continued from previous page)school. In that place there stands a clump of trees. During the time of the Whiteboys. Tuttle the landlord of the district, brought two of the Whiteboys and hanged them there. The tree which they were hanged on fell down, and rotted into the ground. The place is called Dea's fort.
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- Informant
- Patrick Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Cill Cholmáin, Co. Luimnigh
- A Fire Breathing Bull.An old legend connects the village of Adare and of the district round here with an evil spirit, in the form, of a fire breathing bull. This monster lived long ago in Carrig-O-Gunnell, where it ravaged all the country. On the arrival of St. Patrick in the district, the saint drove this(continues on next page)