School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

Location:
Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 218

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  1. There is a stile leading into a field belonging to Mr Kilroy behind the church yard in Killeagh which is supposed to be haunted. One night a man named Jack Mac Cormack was coming home from work. He had to count sheep in this field. As he came near the stile he was surrounded by big walls he tried every way to get out but failed. He had to stay there untill morning. When he went home he was unable to tell them what happened to him as he got such a terrible fright he never went that way again.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossdrum Lower, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Jack Mac Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Ballymacad, Co. Meath