School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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Sean Ban Breathan
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Sean Ban Breathan was a small farmer who lived on the shores of Lough Gowna. He used to visit his friend Christy Daltion in Cartronfree.
One November's evening at nightfall when he was returning home and was passing by Dolans Fort in Cartronfree. He saw a crowd dancing and heard music playing in the fort, some of the people called him saying " is that Sean Ban Breathan, come in and have a dance" Sean went into the fort where the music was played for him and he danced a single dance. While he was dancing he was looking about him and saw faces of people who were dead twenty years before. When he was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartronfree, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Thomas Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Cartronfree, Co. Cavan
