School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)
- Location:
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0464, Page 268
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“About 1899 or 1900 when in school in Carysfort Park already alluded to the death of a companion of ours took place suddenly...”
(continued from previous page)our former dormitory after Xmas vacation when poor little May Cotter's place & bed (No 7 she was) was filled. The new girl was in blissful ignorance of the dread happening & went to bed much happier than of us did as we could not put our former friend out of our heads. But with good feeling for the newcomer everything was kept dark from her. To our dismay she called out in the middle of the night saying Oh! Lord! what's that. She kept on shouting to one & all telling them of this ghost she saw sitting on her bed. And it was only in a few days when the secret leaked out that she was filled with terror & fear. However from that night off she was left undisturbed & any of us never saw or heard anything weird at all after.
This happened & I remember every detail clearly as I was never contented there after.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir