School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 264
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Stories told inBarony: Costello
County: Roscommon
Related By: Mrs Flannery, 88 years
Address: Lissian
Written By: Joe Flannery
Address: Lissian
Age: 14 yrs
Date: Apr 1938"One night" said Johnny Duffy "about twenty years ago I was coming home from a dance. It was about twelve o'clock at night and I had to pass by a fort all alone. When I was passing through the fort I heard people talking and what do you think they were saying but "Johnnie came into the dance" I walked over to the spot where I heard the talk and then next moment I was in a lovely room. Then, I knew it was the fairies. I was brought by the fairies through every room in the palace.
After we had gone through every one of the rooms one fairy said "now we will show(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Lissian, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Lissian, Co. Roscommon
