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School: An Chluain

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Cloan, Co. Cork
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Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 451

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    One night my great grand father was coming from Castletown Bere on horseback after attending a funeral.
    When he was passing through the "Gap of Gour" he heard another horse coming on after him so he looked back and saw an armed man following him. He drove fairly fast but every time he looked back he saw a few more horsemen had joined him.
    When he reached the Cross of Lickbarrahin, there were about one hundred horsemen following him. Here a band of men on foot armed with pikes and pistols joined them and followed him to the Cross House. Some people say that they were the Ghosts of the O'Sullivans that haunt Miscush and Cnoc Fhúaire and all the other neighbouring mountains.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní hArrachtáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloan, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Diarmuid Ó hArrachtáin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Cahermeeleboe, Co. Cork