School: Gurrane (B.) (roll number 14839)
- Location:
- Clondrohid, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 156
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- Peter Herlihy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnalicky, Co. Cork
- There is an old road on top of Shronegare and it is part of the old Kerry road. In olden times when Kerrymen travelled by road to Cork they used to get terrible frights at this place from a ghost called Cailleac a Piopa. She was so named because she used to smoke a pipe. At that time a man lived on that road who used to fight the ghost with a long pike. He was often called by people getting bad frights. They used to shout at him for help. It is said a priest of this parish banished her.
