School: Ceathrú Gabhann
- Location:
- Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Dhuarcáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 343
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ceathrú Gabhann
- XML Page 343
- XML “A Ghost Story”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)It was not long until Ruane knew all about it. He knew a man named Pat McGowan who told him all about it and said
"My grand father told me a long time ago that a woman named Bridget Ruane was accustomed to wash clothes there every week. One day she had clothes to wash and she sent out to wash as usual. She did not think it was very deep. She went out and herself and the tub were brought down the river and drowned."
"At some times of the year the woman comes to the river to wash her clothes when everything is quiet". Pat McGown said that he often saw the woman there late at night.
Another time Ruane saw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Commons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowgallda, Co. Mayo
