School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 649
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- Patrick P. Driscoll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandganniv North, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- William Driscoll
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Islandganniv North, Co. Kerry
- My Mother and two more girls were picking flowers in a garden on May Eve at Ballydonohue about five miles from Listowel. They heard a voice saying "Stop picking those flowers". They and saw a very old woman with long grey hair and small eyes. They called to their fathers and at that moment the old woman vanished and was never seen again.(continues on next page)
- One winters night in the month of November two me from Glounaphouca went torching breds back in Driscolls' "Furry". Just in the middle of the Furry the
