School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Mac Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 439
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- There are many old stories connected with Iristernagh.
One time a man had cows grazing on a field called the blump field. The cows began to trespass on another man's corn during the night. A man stayed to herd them one night.
At midnight the man happened to look towards Iristernagh. He saw coming out in a door a chariot and two horses drawing it. There was a devil driving it. The chariot was blazing furiously. The man ran as fast as he could home, through drains and everything he met.
There is a man named Pat Rielly living in the Gatehouse in Iristernagh. He is nicknamed Pa.
When he was young he lived in the bog of Iristernagh.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamon Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Andrew Hafford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Ballyhug, Co. Westmeath
