School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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- Ghosts
On the night of Patsy Mack's wedding a grey horse was seen running across Matt Kennedy's currach.
- My own townsland
There are 21 houses in the townsland but long ago there were about 30. Some of the people living in it have Irish but most of the best of them are dead, such as Martin Noonan, Slieveanoir and Paddy Kelly.
For the last years Martin Noonan died. Peter Clarke knows Irish but not much. It is said that some of the [...] in Slieveanoir came from the north of Ireland and were interested(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Slieveanore, Co. Clare
