School: Cainneach Naofa (B.), Cill Choinnigh (roll number 5649)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Fathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 093
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- Cocch Road
The Coach Road git it's name from the people of Kilkenny. A Coach used to come around every night. One night my mother was up late and heard the coach and got the fright of her life. She was telling me that it came around about 12 o'clock.
A lot of people were talking about it.
One day I saw too men talking about it,one said it was a dead person that drove (the) it. The Coach was drawn by 4 black horses, it would go at 120 m.p.h. The Coach would go around the road for 3 hours every night. Many people tried to stay on the road (for) to wait for it but it(continues on next page)
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- A. Durney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
