School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 179
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- (continued from previous page)179killed the two of them and it is believed that the dogs are the ghosts of the murdered men.The above was told to me by
Mr Murphy. Redgate, Coolamain,
Oylegate.
Michael Parker,
Coolmain,
Oylegate.
- There is an old Castle in Mac-mine and at the back of it there is an underground cellar. There are winding stone steps down it which are nearly impossible to travel. One time two comrades thought to get this treasure and they brought a candle with them. When the first man went down a certain distance the candle went out and he came back again. The second man told his comrade that even if the candle went out he would not come back without(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Savage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Redmondstown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Bennett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Jamestown, Co. Wexford
