School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)
- Location:
- Cill Díoma, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 367
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- Long ago there was a woman named Caileach Béalátha living under the Bealaha bridge and the well she used to go to was where Farrihy lake is now. There were two sisters living in the house with her and they used have great balls and dances there every Sunday night. One Sunday night there was a dance there and in the middle of the night they ran short of water and her two sisters went to the well for water.
There was a flag covering the well and if you did not cover the well after you it would overflow. This night the two sisters did not cover the well after them and it overflowed and covered the whole place with water and the two girls were drowned and the Caileac Béalátha was saved and it is from that the Farrihy Lake began.
Then the Caileac Béalátha went into the Bealaha fort and she used to into the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hanrahan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown West, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Mrs William Hanrahan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Newtown West, Co. an Chláir
