School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 164
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“When the people of Carndonagh were carting on the Derry road there was a man named Tom Doherty coming home from Derry with a load of goods.”
(continued from previous page)to one side of the road to let the other pass. When it came near he saw it was a coach. He looked into it but no driver was to be seen. This frightened him very much.
When he went down the road a bit farther he was stopped by a little man. When they were talking a few minutes Tom got hit on the back of the head. He fell to the ground and lay there till morning.
Tom was afterwards told that the fairies dwelt there and that they did not like people coming around after twelve o'clock for they started to feast at that time.
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“There was a man and woman living in Carndonagh about sixty years ago.”
There was a man and woman living in Carndonagh about sixty years ago. They had a child of six months old. One day she went out(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr Charles Farren
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carndonagh, Co. Donegal