School: Lios Ciúin (roll number 7829)
- Location:
- Liscune Lower, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Micheál S. Mac Tighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0176
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- (continued from previous page)the tower but a lot of the building is demolished. It is now used as a Cemetry. There are some beautiful tombs to be seen there. The principal tombstones are the O'Kellys of Hymany, O'Donallans of Ballydonnallan, and the O'Daly's of Dunsandle.
- Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife near the bridge of Athlone. When he was in bed one night he heard a voice at the window. The voice told him to go to the village of Aloon in the parish of Ballymacward, and in a certain garden he would find a pot of gold under a bush. The next night he heard the same voice again and he heard it the third night also. The man told his wife the following morning about the voice and what it said and that he had to go to Ballymacward that night. The(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Bernard Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Keave, Co. Galway
