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School: Cnoc an Éalóidh (roll number 16562)

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Knockanelo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 502

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    “Not many years ago there lived a man in Rappa Castle.”

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    Not many years ago there lived a man in Rappa Castle. This man could not sleep at night because of a Ghost. He always said that when he went to bed at night he would be pulled out of it and left lying on the floor .He had to leave the Castle and go to live in one of the stables .
    One evening a tinker asked this man for a nights lodging. The man who owned the Castle was Tom Murphy. Tom gave the tinker the lodging and he gave him the key of the Castle door . The tinker went in to the Castle and at twelve o clock that night a man came and sat down one side of him . The tinker spoke to him and the ghost answered him and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Mac Dómhnaill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    15
    Informant
    Seamus Mac Dómhnaill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60