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School: Roxboro, Luimneach (roll number 15680)

Location:
Roxborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Gheallagáin
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  1. The Spirits' Gate

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    On the road from Limerick to Knockea there is a gate leading to a field and it is called the Spirits’ Gate. One night Dinny O’Brien from Skule was on his way home from Limerick. At the Spirits’ Gate a big black dog jumped up beside him in his car. The jennet he was driving looked back and saw the dog and took fright and ran away until he reached Ballynagarde where he met a man riding a headless horse who stopped the runaway.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Clifford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Toberyquin, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr T. Clifford
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Toberyquin, Co. Limerick