School: Aughacashel (roll number 15356)
- Location:
- Aghacashel, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Joseph Conifry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 454
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“I haven't any old story about fairies or ghosts.”
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Old Mrs Gannon could give you a better account of this, than I can for she is old Mickey Earley's daughter. Lights at Night
I often saw lights in unreasonable places at night. Almost every night some years ago - between 20 and 30 years ago -, and often even yet, a light travels over Mullawn hill, and comes out on the road this side of Pat McWeeneys. It comes up the road as far as Rourke's gate, and disappears suddenly there. (Mullawn hill where the light is supposed to travel has no house on that side, any any one coming from Mullawn at night would not come out on the road at McWeeneys. I heard about this light from others in identical terms - J. Conifry.)A Dog Ghost.
I also heard that Michl. Geoghegan who was "on the run" in the Black and Tan Days and is now dead met a very big dog at the Bridge below(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Conifry
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Jane Mulvey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rantoge Glebe, Co. Leitrim