School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)
- Location:
- Leggagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 549
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- Some years ago there lived a man in Drummerkane whose name was McLavery and for some years his house was haunted by a ghost.
Every evening after sunset the doors of the house would be flung open and when the family would go to bed there would start a terrible noise and all the delph would seem to be knocked and smashed and everything in the house broken.
Neighbouring people used to come and stop for a night and they would hear the same noise. So the owner of the house went to the priest and told him.
One evening he came and read for a long time. And then left. He came again a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumard, Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Joe Donohoe
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumard, Co. Longford
