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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 102

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    and he happened to hear them talking about the thing that happened the night before, and when he heard the story, he said to the man "take a gun with you to night and draw a circle with it and stand in it". The man did this and was standing in the circle for about ten minutes then his brother came to him and stood before him. Micky asked him what he wanted as that was another thing the old man told him to do. Then his brother said to him "only you are inside that circle I would tear you pieces" then he disappeared and then in a few days time Micky died.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Quigley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gransha, Co. Donegal