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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 415

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    be heard crying in the grave yard and one night a priest was coming home from a sick call and he told the man who was driving the trap to stop. The man begged him not to go in but he went in. He saw a woman dressed in white and he asked her what was she doing. She said that she was crying over the people that were dead belonging to her. "(Go) The priest said "Go out and never come here again". Some people say that she was a spirit and other people say that she was was'nt, that night she walked it to Kilkenny and she never
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Biddy Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway