School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)
- Location:
- An Uaimh, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One night I was invited to a house in Co. Meath. The old man of the house, who lived in Ardmulchan, Navan, was a very kind old man named Tom Murphy. We gathered round the fire and were sitting there when he told a Ghost Story.
He said that he knew a house which was haunted. All the people who lived there died. The house was put up for sale and a certain family bought it there and then On the following day they came to live in it. In the middle of the night they heard a terrible noise and were greatly alarmed. The man of the house got up and went down to the kitchen but saw nothing.(continues on next page)
