School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)
- Location:
- Breacaire Beag, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brádaigh
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- In the winter time when the nights are long my father tells us stories about happenings of long ago. Here is one about a ghost that traversed this locality on every Hallow Even night. Years and years ago there lived a boatman in a hut a lough Annagh[?] (Arney) on the top of Brackarymore mountain Manorhamilton. At that time Lough Annagh (Arney) was full of fish. Fishermen used to come there every summer to fish but in the wintertime the boatman had to search for food throughout the locality. Then came the time when the people were as much in need of food themselves as the boatman so they "boycotted" him For many months he struggled with the elements for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mc Gorrin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cartún Giobach, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- James Mc Gorrin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cartún Giobach, Co. Liatroma
