School: Fuerty (roll number 16162)
- Location:
- Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Freathaile
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- "So you think this is a night for ghost stories" said my grandfgather puffing at his long stemmed pipe as we were all seated around the fireside. "Well I have, only one experience of a ghost and it is a very funny one" he continued. Many years ago old Patsy Clancy was very ill and I was sent for the doctor at about twelve o'clock at night. I started at a brisk walk to the doctor's house which was about a mile away. I found the doctor in and he told me to get the horse and car ready. We were soon on our way back but our journey was not destined to be all plain sailing. As we were passing the "haunted castle" as the old people at that time called it, we saw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Coyne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
