School: Banagher (B.)
- Location:
- Banagher, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Maoilchéire
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- (continued from previous page)together and come in and have a cup of tea. I then asked him what happened him to have him in such a state. Well he said I left Banagher about 12 o'clock and started to cycle home. It is 5 miles from Banagher to Cloghan. It was a moonlight night in the Autumn time of the year. When about a quarter of a mile from Banagher I reached "Ciarán Hill". It is a very steep one and supposed to contain hidden treasure. Underneath the little blackthorn bush on the roadside near the top of the hill he said I saw two very very old men with long beards sitting facing each other. Both were naked and looked very ghostly in the moonlight. One was shaving the other. It was a terrible sight he said and if I hadn't met you to tell you I would never have reached home. My father told him it was imagination but he still held his own view. He entered the house with(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tim Mulhare
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Cloghan, Co. Offaly
