School: Cros Riabhach
- Location:
- An Chros Riabhach, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: T. Ó Siordáin
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Beautiful and very swift horses have been seen, it is said, on the shores of Mullagh lake.
One time some of the O Reilly's people whose castle stood on the bank now called "Hell Side", saw five lovely horses grazing quietly near the water's edge.
Stealing up very quietly a boy caught one by the long mane and held him while the others dived into the lake and disappeared.
The boy brought the horse home to the O Reilly's stables but they were careful never to let him down to the lake with the other animals.
However, one day a new groom did bring him to the lake for a drink and the fairy steed dashed into the water and went home to the fairy stables at the bottom, the cleansing of which at certain periods, causes a muddy scum to float upwards and spoil the usual clearness of the water.Told by May Reilly
Cloughbally Lower
Mullagh
- Informant
- May Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloch Bhaile Íochtarach, Co. an Chabháin
