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Abstract: Story collected by Connie Mc Grath, a student at An Clochán (B) school (Clifden, Co. Galway) from informant Mr Jack Gibbons.

Original reference: 0004/1/29

Shámhais, Angelo Mac (An Br.) [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

Loading... School An Clochán (B) [Vol. 0004, Chapter 0001]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR: Grath, Connie Mc
Gender: female

INFORMANT: Gibbons, Mr Jack
Gender: male
Age: 58
Location: Omey (Civil parish)
Ballynahinch (Barony)
Galway (County)

Story text TEI

transcribed at

The Water-Horse [duchas:4594573]

There is a lake five or six miles east of Clifden town. One day there was a man going around the place looking for his horse. Suddenly he saw a horse jumping from the lake, the man ran to the horse because he thought it was his own.
When he reached the horse he looked at it, but it was not his own horse and it did not belong to any person in the district for miles around. He took it home and had it working every day for a long time. One day he was leaving the horse in the field. When he let her loose it ran to the lake and jumped into it. After that the people said that it was a Water-horse

Resource description

Origin information: Clifden, Co. Galway
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 082
Volume 0004
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Animals, Mythical linked data (lcsh); Water-horses--Eacha uisce
Informant location: Clifden An Clochán Clifden Omey Ballynahinch Galway
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4615086
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0004/1/29
Suggested credit: "The Water-Horse"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4615086>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.