School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)
- Location:
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)some distance away from the dwelling house
The duck-house was never used again + the ruins can still be seen.
A "hair-raiser" was told by one Ned Byrne ex-soldier who was care-taker in Scallan's house.
He was alone there with a greyhound.
At the small hours there was tremendous tuairt. The grey-hound (which is supposed to see ghost) burst open the bed-room door + jumped inside him in the bed. Poor Ned was terrified + rushed out never to caretake there again.
This Ned Byrne is not very long dead.
- Informant
- Johnny Belvin
- Gender
- Male
