School: Poll Réamoinn (Cailíní)

Location:
Pollremon, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa, Bean Mhic Diarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 346

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 346

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    During the Famine many people were buried uncoffined. In the townland of Cloomahara three people are supposed on the top of a hill. One Winter night when a man from the village was coming home from visiting he saw many lights where it was said the people were buried. By the lights he could see that they were eating and drinking. For the three following nights he saw the same thing, Since then they were never seen.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr John Hussey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Williamstown, Co. Galway
  3. There is a fort in Joyce’s land in Cloomahara. It is a round circle of raised
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