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School: Naomh Muire (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
A. Mac Uidhlinn
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    “A heavy coach full of headless men, and driven by coach men, come down by the side....”

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    A heavy coach full of headless men, and driven by coach men, come down the side of the Dublin Road, And go down the north Road once yearly.
    A ghost is seen in Kilsharvan graveyard once yearly.
    At Newtown-Platten there is a rock, and if anyone leaves a pair of worn shoes there, in the evening they will be repaired on the next day. - probably by fairies.
    The Phantom coach drives for the dead people of Beaumond when one person dies.
    A Cromwellian Soldier rides down Mary St. every night to drink at Clinton's well.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drogheda, Co. Louth