School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 388
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- For years after the rebellion of 1798 many strange things were seen and heard. There is a hill just outside the Hacketstown district, along this road or path the people often saw in the twilight a funeral pass. Or at other times it might be a wedding party. The people never feared for they always thought it was some of their own kindred either being buried then if they had lived their natural spell of live and had not been killed in battle. If it were a wedding party that was seen it was believed that that same party would have been married that day and would be passing that way had they now been murdered.
- Collector
- Annie Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Peter Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
