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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

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Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_013

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  1. The Long Black Hand

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    There was an old church long ago about one and a half miles west of the school which was called Cillín na Marbh. In it there lived an old woman who had a long black hand and was called ‘an lámh fada dubh’. This old woman killed anybody who was on the road after sunset, so everybody around [the] was afraid of her.
    During that time, Andrew Lynch had a castle in that place
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ciaran Ó' Beirn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr M. Glligan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Galway