School: Loughagar (roll number 5696)
- Location:
- Loughagar More, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Énrí Mac an Abba
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 261
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“Christy King was a tyrant landlord.”
Christy King was a tyrant landlord. He belonged to Edmontown. He ejected eleven families one morning in the Black Bog. He was a man of no charity. He was a cripple before he died and could say nothing but "lossa lossa"
The beakadán was to be seen in Clonlost woods. It used to be heard at the one time every evening.
There is a fort near Killucan. One night a drunken man boasted he would sleep on it. He had a small hump on his back, but in the morning after he had slept on it the hump was twice as big.
- Informant
- Jane Hulton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Rathconnell, Co. Westmeath
- Very many years ago there lived a man named Cooke who lived in Cooksboro'. He was very peculiar in manner and of no religion(continues on next page)
