School: Dún Ceann Fhaolaidh (roll number 15499)
- Location:
- Dunkineely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seaghan Mac Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 250
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- I heard this story from my father Hugh Cunningham – N.J. (now dead). Castletown, Dunkineely, Co Donega.l
He heard this version from his father John Cunningham N.J. Killybegs, Co. Donegal
Who was born about 1830. On a bleak night in 1801 a girl named Carre was coming though the gap of Barnesmore from “Beyond the Mountains”. Suddenly a coach and four appeared going the direction of Donegal. The girl being tired hailed the coachman and asked for a lift. The coachman refused her request saying that he was in a hurry, as he had to be in Killybegs to pick up the soul of Mc Doal.The scene now changes to the Mediterranean. A Captain Strong, navigating his ship through the Tyrhennian Sea saw some queer object approach from the north west. Nearer approached(continues on next page)
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- Hugh Cuningham
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