School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)

Location:
Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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    There is a house in Cloontubrid called willie Prunty's and a room in it is always locked because there is a ghost in it.

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    peace would he advise them to have "o peace" he said and he was let back again.
    There is a ghost at Willie Prunty's quarry a priest that died was heard saying mass at it.
    There is a ghost at Patrick Reynold's lane a light is seen there at a lone tree.
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    There is a fort in our land at home there were alot of fairies seen in it long ago.

    There is a fort in our land at home there were a lot of fairies seen in it long ago.
    One night the man of our house was in Drumlish and he had a young horse and in the middle of the night my grand mother went up to the road to see was he coming. When she went to the road she heard the trap coming up the road. She went out to stop it. She thought the horse was running away. When she put up her had to stop it a burst of cheers rose up in the air and the fairies hit their horses and went up to the fort and vanished.
    There is a ghost at Divins lane. One night Patrick Divin was coming off his visit, he saw two children in their bare feet. The very moment they saw him they vanished.
    There is a ghost at the bog pass Fearglass. One night Mary Donoghoe was going somewhere and she heard a lot of horses and lashing of
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ross More, Co. Leitrim