School: Baile Mór Síl Anmchadha (Laurencetown)

Location:
Laurencetown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cogaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0200

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    the bed and then up on top of them in the bed. When 'it' got off the bed they lit a light but they could not see anything.
    Although Jack Taffee had great courage still that noise was the cause of his death people say. He is now dead for about six years but his cottage is still there.
    People say that is is not right to build a house or portion of it on a path.
    There was a cottage built about half a mile from Laurencetown and one room of it was built over what was known as a fairies path. When people went to sleep in that room they were always thrown out of the bed during the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English