School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 03_003

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  1. I visited an old man yesterday evening and he told me a story about long ago. He said about half a mile from here there is a field called Sean Portach.
    One night an old man was coming home from his work, and he had to go through this field. About four yards outside the field this man saw a little small man all dressed in red.
    This little man brought the other old man into a beautiful house where there was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo