School: An Léim Gearr (roll number 8766)

Location:
Lemgare, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Duffy
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    A long time ago there lived a landlord at Castleshane whose name was Lucas.

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    left. Later on a man Mick Cassily who owned the land that the forth was on, gathered some men to cut down a few trees for his own use as the landlord claimed all the timber on his lands. Late in the night they started to cut one of the old trees. The tree gave a loud scream, and the men dropped their axes and ran home with fear. the next morning the men went over to take back his tools and he saw streams of blood down the tree.
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    There is a vault in the grave-yard at Clontibret Protestant church belonging to a family called Fitzgerald.

    There is a vault in the grave-yard at Clontibret Protestant church belonging to a family called Fitzgerald. In a public house nearby a few men were talking about the vault. There was a wager laid that one of the party named Bob Brown who never knew what fear was would not enter the vault and bring back a school. Brown accepted the wager. While he was getting the key from the sexton another of the party named George Grimes got into the vault and hid in a dark corner behind some coffins. When Brown arrived he lifted the first skull he came to. At that Grimes called out in a hoarse voice "That's mine". Brown lifted another but
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Cunningham
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Monaghan