School: Muchgrange (C.), Greenore (roll number 7278)
- Location:
- Muchgrange, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Mrs. A. O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 084
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- On the outskirts of this parish in the townland of Mullach-Buidhe there is a very interesting old spot called the Long Womans Grave. There is a rather interesting story connected with the spot. Completely shut in by mountains this lonely tract contains a long low cairn traditionally supposed to be the last resting place of a mysterious woman.
It is said she was a great tall lady brought home from Spain by a local lad when he returned from that country after following the fortunes of the O'Donnells after the Flight of the Earls. The country folk treated her as a stranger and she led a very lonely life. She was always treated with cold suspicion. After her death she was buried here and the old people say that her ghost wearing a dark cloak still walks the lough-side road just as she used to do in life.Another version says that her husband said he was a wealthy landowner and that his land extended as far as the eye could see from the top of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Millgrange, Co. Louth
