School: Tomena

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1. Local Ruins

   

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   In the townland of Tomena there is the ruin of an old shed which some years ago was a dwelling house. It is now a shed haunted by Ghosts. It is overgrown with briars and ivy. Strange stories are told about it as the place is very lonely and weather beaten. The building is about a hundred years of age.

   I heard my father say he often heard of the people that lived there. Their name was Murray and they went to America about seventy years ago.

   There is a spring under a lone hawthorn tree at the bottom of the hill on which the shed is built. One bright night when my father was going to the spring he saw a big woman. He turned back to the house, but turned again and the spring had disappeared. He ran home and told my Grandfather, who is now dead, what he saw. They went back to the spring and it was there but a yard away from its original position. They were very glad; they filled their can and went home. After that it was

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Phyllis Maguire

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   John Maguire

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Dernacrieve, Co. Cavan