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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 053

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  1. A Ghost Story

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    A Ghost story.
    Colonel Quinn, a brother of the first Earl of Dunraven was a very wicked man. He kept a pack of hounds and always followed them on a great grey steed. When the present Earl of Dunraven came to live in Adare Manor he asked about him and he was told the following story:-
    One stormy night the Earl could be heard hunting through the trees in the demesne and the pack of hounds with him. The following poem was then composed about it by him.
    A Legend of Adare.
    Full black and stormy grew the night,
    And fast the rain did fall,
    While loud among the forest trees,
    The northern wind did roar.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Connolly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick