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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Tuaim

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Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Duinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0264

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  1. Belclare Old Chapel

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    There was once a chapel in Belclare, and the people in Belclare wanted a new chapel. So they build a new chapel in front of the old chapel.
    And one Sunday evening, a man was going up to a well behind the old chapel. He suddenly heard noise. He first thought that it was people in the ruins of the chapel. So he went in and to his suprise there he saw a hunt with six hunts men riding on six horses. He thought they were real, and he asked them, had they caught any fox. They did not answer him and after a while he knew they were ghosts. he ran home and told the people, but they did not believe him. After
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Mánacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Hancock
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway