School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)
- Location:
- Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 536
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- (continued from previous page)appearance at intervals till the spring of 1894 and the old generation of Iarball and Baile na Coille yet speak of the distant days when the spectre appeared.
- About 400 yards to the east of Iarball, near the village of Gleann Fraoigh, stands Baile na Coille or Wood and Corrigaun.
In it is situated an ancient fort with a subterranean passage leading in a westerly direction.
It is surrounded on all sides by hawthorn and hazel and evergreens The outer walls are ten or eleven feet in height.
In the centre of the fort are four huge flags at the bottom of which the subterranean passage opens
The walls of the fort are covered with creeping ivy and moss. - Collector
- Bríd Bhreathnach
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
