School: Míleac (roll number 4974)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Brighid Bean Mhic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0289
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The following story was told to Mr. Glynn by his mother:- In the early part of the last century a man named Johnny Mahon a resident in Keelogue was going home from Keelogue. He passed their (Glynn's) house at Kilmachugh on his way home but returned in haste and enquired from his grandfather, Mr. Stephen Staunton "who built the nice new house between Tommy Murray's field (which was opposite Glynn's door) and the place where the latter lived". His grandfather replied that no house existed at the spot indicated which was on the left side after passing Molloy's gate on the high ground. (The field is now in the hands of Francis Killeen). The old man went with Johnny Mahon but when they reached the spot no house or sign of one could be seen. Mahon seemed surprised but distinctly pointed out the spot and gave a description of the architectural structure of the building.
