School: Ballyporeen (roll number 15134)
- Location:
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: L. Ó Conchubhair
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“There is a place just below the Rock and it is said that an innocent man was killed there.”
(continued from previous page)men coming home from the pattern of Ballysheehan and they started to fight outside this man's house. The innocent man came out to make peace between them, and they killed him. There is water springing up there to this day and certain times of the year blood springs up there. The old people say that it was on account of the innocent blood of the man it sprung there. One night as a girl was going home from the dance she saw a man crossing the road with a lighted candle and a big white cloak.
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“There is a house about two miles from Ballyporeen. The name of the people is O' Briens.”
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- Seán Ua hAoileán
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
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“In the townland of Skeheen is a spot which is said to be haunted.”
In the townland of Skeheen is a spot which is said(continues on next page)