Near Knockrour, Scartaglen there was once built a mill. The owner of this mill was an English Protestant Landlord, whose name was Fitzgerald. The time of the Famine he promised bread and soup to the children of the locality if they would attend the Protestant school. When the priest of Castleisland heard this, it is said he cursed them, and after this, the river by which the mill was worked, ran dry. Soon after Fitzgerald died and it is still believed that his spirit is seen every night near the ruin of the ancient mill.
This story is often told by the old people of the locality who say it is true.