Children's story.
This story was originally told by Patrick Stokes, Tinsmith, in Co.Dubin in 1967 and recorded by Artelia Court in "The Puck of the Droms", University of California press, 1985.
The man who caught a magic mermaid : an Irish traveller folk story retold and illustrated by Bob Chilvers, Tina Conneely and year 4 children St. Brigid's R.C. Primary School, Grey mare lane, Beswick, by Bob Chilvers. ISBN 9780955950537. Published by Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.