School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)
- Location:
- Gortloney, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eoghan de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 223
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Local Accounts of GhostsWritten by:- Kathleen Hill 26th September 1938About a hundred years ago Carrick was owned by a family named Tighe. The old gentleman died and shortly after his death tow men went at night to steal a larch tree. They brought a bottle of whiskey with them. When they had the tree felled and cut in lengths, they thought it time to take a rest and have a drink. Just as they were taking the cork out of the bottle one of them said "Oh look, there is old Mr. Tighe". He got afraid and ran home. The other man was braver he sat on the end of the stick and held(continues on next page)
