School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 479
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- (continued from previous page)towards morning she got free and made her own home. When she reached home her hands and face were cut and bleeding and three of her teeth were missing.
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“On the land of Paddy McGlenchy, of Rathneeny Bar. Laghey, there is a fort which is supposed to be haunted by the fairies.”
This story was told by Tom Deveney Finmore, Laghey, County Donegal.
On the land of Paddy Mc Glenchy of Rathneeny Bar, Laghey, there is a fort which is supposed to be haunted by the fairies. One night Paddy Mc Glenchy himself was passing this fort and he was lifted on horseback and was taken that night all over Ireland by the fairies. He said they stopped at every town they came to and told him the name of the town. In the morning he was left sitting accross [sic] a slick that was on a gap at the foot of his own garden. Though it seemed to him that he had been away a long time, and he seemed to have been through a great deal he was only(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ruby Logan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Tom Deveney
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Laghey, Co. Donegal
