School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)
- Location:
- Kealid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 182
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- Drowning: -
Down in Carrueragh in the middle of a wild mountain called Moinvianlach there is a large hole known as the "Piper's Hole". It is commonly believed that about a century ago, a piper was drowned there as he was coming home to Carrueragh from Listowel. The noise of the waters beside the hole resemble the music of the pipes. The place around it is the most desolate spot in the mountain.
Burning: -
About 60 years ago there lived in Coilagorteen in James Maloney's farm a man of the name of Costello. He had two children, and he was a widower. Another family had been evicted out of the farm in which he lived, by the Landlord. The family which were evicted had determined to murder the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Informant
- Timothy Maloney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Coilagurteen (Bridge), Co. Kerry
