School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)
- Location:
- An Chúil Ard, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 366
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- (continued from previous page)When she went home she told it to her people, but they would not believe her.
A good while after, one day as the Mc Namaras were digging in the hill they found a great hole under the ground, then they found it was an entrance to a cave.
They opened the door of the cave and they went in.
They found that there were seven rooms there, they also found squares of blackening there.
Then after that a great deal of people used to go in to see the caves, but seldom they used to go in all the way.
One day two boys went into the farthest room, they found a black cat standing on a table there and he gave a great look at them.
They got afraid and they came out as fast as they could.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kit Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gluaire, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Thomas Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Gluaire, Co. Chiarraí
