School: Graiguenamanagh (B.) (roll number 16311)
- Location:
- Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)from the village went down to the castle that night, the music and dancing stopped and lights went out.
My father often told me that Philip and company used to return to the castle at stated times of the year. He never died and comes there still although for many years he has not been seen."
Evidently in latter years the fairies have kept their prisoner under stricter surveillance, and have taken all precautions necessary to ensure his perpetual incarceration and thralldom.P.S.
Part of Mr. Vass's narrative is in Direct Speech and interspersed with Anglo-Irish expressions, so common in the speech of country folk.
- Informant
- Mr John Voss
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Jerpoint West, Co. Kilkenny
