School: Ughtyneill (roll number 12897)

Location:
Ughtyneill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Chinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 258

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  1. When Doctor Degnan lived in the Petersville big house there was a room shut with ghosts in it The door of this room was nailed so that no person could open the door. One day the the Doctor and another man opened the door. When they had the door opened. The saw boxes and papers in the room. The next night about 10 o clock when the Doctor and the other people were preparing to go to bed they could hear people walkng up and down
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickspringan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Patrick Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickspringan, Co. Meath