Volume: CBÉ 0190

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   “Some people say that the City of Bannow wasn't buried at all...”

   

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   to the present day. She was heard roaring about a fortnight ago, and people began to wonder who was dead, and a few days afterwards a boy died suddenly and he was buried in the graveyard.
   The buried City can be seen every 25 years out in the water for about 5 minutes. A man named Pat Poor was out fishing one day close to where the City is supposed to be buried and a sort of a drowsiness came over him and when he awoke he found himself in the field beside the sea, and he could see the City plainly for about five minutes.
   There was a ship called the Greek [?] recked near Bannow a good many years ago. There were nine

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   • Bridget Francis