School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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    There was a man named Mathew Nespitt who lived in Derracarna. He was the sheriff of this county.

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    people often saw him riding in his coach in his shirt-sleeves and without any head.
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    Language
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    Collector
    John Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bellageeher, Co. Leitrim
  3. One night my father and his brother were coming from Drumlish Mill and when they came to Johnston's Bridge they saw a crowd of little men on the road and they all crying. When my father came near them they all went down into the river and they did not hear them again.
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