School: Enniscrone (G.) (roll number 13941)
- Location:
- Inishcrone, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)II doing penance.
- "Burke's Gate" is another spot at which a Ghost has been seen on many occasions. A Neighbour of mine was accustomed to pass by the place about midnight, on his way back to Enniscrone from his farm in Kilglass. He told me the following story:-
One Night as he was on his return home, about midnight he saw, distinctly, standing at the pier, a very tall man dressed in black in the "Evening Dress" of long ago. He wore a tall Hat, white vest and "swallow tailed Coat, shiny patent boots.
