School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

Location:
Laghy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 072

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  1. In this district we hear many fairy stories. Long ago they were more common and more people believed in them. To-day they are dying out and few people believe in them.
    One night last winter as we were sitting round the fire, Mick Tunney came in. He was not long in when we asked him to tell a story and so to please us, he told the following story.
    Many years ago there was an old man named Frank Tunney living in the townland of Cormullion. Every year he burned a kiln of
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mick Tunney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 55
    Address
    Golard, Co. Donegal