School: Coolfore (roll number 10700)
- Location:
- Coolfore, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Cuanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 257
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- There was a woman who was at the chapel in the evening in the Winter days. The woman slept in the chapel and the sexton shut the door and he did not see the woman. In about two hours after when the woman wakened she went to the door to get out but the door was locked. So she went back and went into the confession box.
When twelve o'clock came she heard a noise on the altar and she looked up and saw a priest on it but the priest did not see her and the priest asked was there any person who would serve Mass for him so the woman said nothing and when she looked again the priest was gone. In the morning when she got out she went and told a priest what she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Keenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghdrumit, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Elizabeth Garvey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Lisnafeddaly, Co. Monaghan
