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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 01_001

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    One night last winter an old man from the village told me a very interesting story about long ago. When he was a boy his father told him a story about a cave near the house which was haunted by fairies, as they were very common in them days.
    One day when some hunters were passing by this cave one of them said "let us go in till we see the inside," of course they did not know it was haunted. As they
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Salmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Greal
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    94
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo