School: Kilmurry (C.) (roll number 10395)

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mrs Ellen Mary O' Connor
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  1. One night a neighbouring woman not far from my house got sick and the boy in the house went for the priest. When the priest was coming from the house after anointing the woman, the boy again accompanied him. They saw a crowd of men in the passage who they took to be dead men, a strange light led them all the way to the Main Road. The priest's driver was holding the horse with the reins in over the half door out in the yard, and then the priest came in to this house asked them what time it was and it was 12 o'clock to the minute and he asked also did they hear or see anything passing, and they said they did not. The boy that
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Reidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coom, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Reidy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Coom, Co. Kerry