School: Baile Nua, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5093)
- Location:
- Ballynoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 126
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- There are many old roads in this district. Some of them are supposed to be made during the famine period.
There is an old road in Ballymounteen, Ballynoe, Tallow, Co. Waterford. It is called the "Tow Road". It is a most dreary and desolate road. There is an old belief that it is haunted.
One night as a man returned home from Ballynoe he was suddenly overtaken by a large coach. The coach travelled unaided by horses, and it startled him to a great extent. He was paralysed with fear for a moment, and the coach passed him by. As it did large sparks of fire flew out of a door at the rear of the coach, and at that moment it disappeared from view. He struggled home to bed. He was speechless and not until next morning was he able to tell what he had seen.
There is a road leading from Glenlane Cross to O'Shea's Cross. It is supposed to be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget O' Keefe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynoe, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Mary O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynattin, Co. Cork
