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School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

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Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 224

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    A house in this parish is haunted every night. The people of the house hear a knock at the hall-door and a light step goes up stairs and when it is gone up a while the house begins to shake and chains is heard rattling and all the doors and windows open. No matter how the people of the house shut the doors and windows they are always wide open in the morning. A person was passing by the house one night and heard all this going on inside he went in and was met by a Lady dressed in white
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Eddie Corrigan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly