School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 064
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- (continued from previous page)he was mowing a meadow about half a mile from the fort he found his hat.
- Long ago there were a great number of fairies in Killeeney along a certain river. My father told me that he was one evening washing his feet at a well when he heard terrible laughing down along the river, and following the laughing at the same time, he went down along the river, but he could not see anything. He went into his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rappareehill, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Rappareehill, Co. Longford
