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School: Croghan

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Croghan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 183

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 183

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    him into tea. He went in with them and he was kept by them and he never came out again. It is said that and one who passes by that fort between twelve and one o clock will see the ghost.
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    seen where St Patrick left the track of his knee.
    At Ballysundriven there is an old road with a very high hill. On the top of this hill there was a great Alley in olden times, and now the hill bares the name Alley-hill.
    Around this place there is a lot of lone bushes and it believed that
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