School: Killadooley, Ballybrophy (roll number 12692)
- Location:
- Killadooley, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Edward J. Guerin
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- My uncle told me that in Gortanlee, there is a field called the castle field. In the field there is a well, and when the Danes were coming long ago, the people hid their jewellery and money there, and it is all supposed to be there yet.
- Collector
- Betty Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Pat Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
- There is an old lane going by our house, at the end of it there is an ancient looking white thorn tree and a well. There is supposed to be a leprechaun at the well and about twenty years ago, there was a man going to the well for a bucket of water, and he saw a little man. He looked one side of him and the little man disappeared. All the old folk say it was a leprechaun and this is the place it is supposed to be seen in.
- Collector
- Betty Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Pat Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Tullacommon, Co. Laois
