School: Firoda (roll number 2788)
- Location:
- Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 212
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“There was a little child in Castlecomer and she was dying.”
(continued from previous page)she saw a angel. She told her mother to bring over the little child untill she would play with it. She died after saying these words.
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“The people that lived in this house were Protestants. Each of them died shortly after that.”
The people that lived in this house were Protestants. Each of them died shortly after that. There were fairies seen in the house afterwards. There was a graveyard near [?] which was surrounded by tombstones. One night people were passing by the way when they heard a tiny ring. They saw two lights but nothing else. - Collector
- Thomas Kavanagh
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- Male
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- Loughlain Tynan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skehana, Co. Kilkenny
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“People in Loon, Castlecomer, had a dispute with the priest and they stopped going to Mass.”
People in Loon, Castlecomer, had a dispute with the priest and they stopped going to Mass. Now these people lived near a bush and as the dispute was going on between them there did a crow light in the bush and the priest said "that crow will be there a long time" and that crow is there yet cawing.(continues on next page)