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Water-Horses
"Long ago the people used to send their horses to the mountain for the summer months.
One day a man was going to the mountain for his horse as he required him to do some work at home.
When he went up to the mountain he saw all the horses…
One day a man was going to the mountain for his horse as he required him to do some work at home.
When he went up to the mountain he saw all the horses…
The source of the River Termon
"There is a good deal of land [in the disctrict of Cullion] which is mountainous and some good land for the potato crop. There is a small wood growing in it. There is one river and a lake in the mountainous part. The river is the Termon river which…
Tags: border, County Donegal, County Tyrone, Folklore, Lough Erne, Oral History, river, River Termon, Scraghy, source, watershed
The snake of Lough Patrick and Lough Peter
"There are no holy wells in this district but there are two holy lakes called Lough Patrick and Lough Peter. These lakes are in the townland of Drumlougher and form the boundary between County Monaghan and County Armagh. St Patrick's stone is in a…
The salmon of Lough Derg
"There is one strange fact connected with this lake - no salmon come into it, though they come up to the very point where the River Derg escapes out of it…"
The origin of Lough Derg's name
"There are two different opinions to account for the meaning of the denomination, Lough Derg..."
The monster guards a crock of gold
"The same or a similar monster inhabits the lake yet (still) and was seen not many months ago. It guards a crock of gold which lies buried in the ancient island of the Purgatory…"
The monk of Eymstadt
An account of the Dutch monk's visit to Lough Derg and his charges of usury.
The March of the Dead Maguires
An account of Lough Derg folklore on a fishing trip, explaining the strange circular currents of the lake in supernatural terms
The Island of Swimmers
"There is on the cliff of Cruachan looking out on the sea and the Western sun a very deep cave exhaling icy blasts all the time..."
The Friary
"The Friary is a townland on Killymard ([Cill O mBárd]) side of Lough Eske. It was here the Friars settled when banished from Donegal and ministered to the spiritual wants of the neigh-bouring districts.
There is now no sign of a church or…
There is now no sign of a church or…