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School: Killoughternane, Borris

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Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 166

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    Some years ago Martin Keating lorum was travelling the Ballenkillen - Corries road late at night when crossing the bridge at the west of Corries he met a Funeral accompanied by a lot of little people.
    They stopped him and told him that he would have to draw the hearse back around Corries and through Heath around Lorum on through Ballinkillen back to the same bridge there they let him off and he never saw any of them again.
    Thus because he did walk
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Michael Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow