School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0239
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- A Story of a ghost 19-9-1938
1. Long ago there was an old woman living in Pallas who was a pagan. Her name was Ána. After her death she used to appear to all the priests. One priest was going home one night from a sick call.
2. He was on a side-car and had the Holy Communion with him. When he came to the place he saw the woman dressed in (B) black. She kept leading the horse around all night. In the morning the priest took out the Holy Communion and held it up. The priest spoke to the ghost and banished her beyond the river Jordan until the day of judgement.
3. She never appeared to anyone since. This(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Justina Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Nevin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowcrin, Co. Galway
