School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
An Creagán Bán, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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    that some person is gone to heaven.
    There was a person dying in Leenone long ago and the people sent for the priest. As the priest was going out at Dhulough riding a horse he heard some one singing a lovely song in the mountain beside him. The song was so nice that he stood on the road to listen to the song. When the song was finshed he rode on the horse until he came to the house in Leenone where the person was dying and when he came to the house the person was dead and it was the devil that was singing it. He stoped the priest on the road until the
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. bás (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Egan
    Gender
    Female