School: An Cheathrú Mhór

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Glacáin
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  1. 1. Name of the person who gave me the story: Miss Ellen Franklin.
    2. Address: Carrowmore Locker
    3. Age: 52 years
    4. Occupation: Housework
    5. Where was she born: and where did she spend her life? She was born in Cloonalaghan, Locker and she spent the most of her life the Then she came living to Carrowmore with my mother.
    6. The date the story was written: 19-11-37
    Once upon a time when there was a Coast Guard Station in Killerduff behind Ballycastle where the convent is now, a dead coach as it was called used to go through the town of Ballycastle every night at twelve o'clock or after it.
    Nobody knew what it was but it was thought that it was a fairy coach, because there was not any horse or anything drawing it, and it was a queer thing to see a coach without anything drawing it, as there were not any cars or traps in those days.
    One night a woman (she was called the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Kathleen Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss Ellen Franklin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo