School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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- (continued from previous page)there some time ago, it was a very big light, and it is only seen every seven years, but it is never seen by the same person. It was never seen by anyone in our district. There is another cahir in Cahermacnaughteen. It is not a very big cahir. There are lights seen there often. There was a woman standing at the door of her own house one night and she saw the light, and she went to where it was, but the next moment she found herself in the middle of the cahir, and she could not find her way home until morning, she was so dazzled by the light that she could not see anything for a long time. Those cahirs were never meddled with, because the people(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Dabhuren
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meggagh West, Co. Clare
