School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Sandair
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- (continued from previous page)wrong so she arose and went to the cradle. On a close examination of the child she found out that her own baby boy was "spirited" away and a "Cásacán" of a child left in his place.
The following day Seán Keane complained his case to the Parish Priest Father Barry. He gave him a "ticket" and told him to go to the fort at midnight and leave the "ticket" on it and wait for the answer.
He did as he was directed to do and his own child was handed out to him. He then proceeded home to find the cradle empty and the "Cásacán" gone.
Keane's child grew up to be a man and was known to several old people in the district. One of those told me that young Keane emigrated to America, when he was about twenty five years old.
- Collector
- Francis Saunders
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Scanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Rynne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
