School: Moville (B.) (roll number 14353)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Niall C. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 266
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“The people used to be so terrified that they used had a supply of turf water etc in before nightfall.”
The people used to be so terrified that they used have a supply of turf water etc in before nightfall. When night came all doors were bolted and nobody went abroad. This carried on until station time came and bishop Kelly of Derry came and read on the part of the road on which it appeared. He then gathered the people in to station house and told them never to mention it again.
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“Here is a personal encounter or meeting my father himself had with what he holds to be the same ghost.”
Here is a personal encounter or meeting my father himself had with what he holds to be the same Ghost. When a very young man he used to go on a Sunday evening to visit some friends in a distant part of his own parish say five miles away. Well he used to stay on the visit rather late so on this particular Monday morning in the small hours he was on his way home and in the territory of the Ghost. It had now ceased to appear as a man. He was walking along when suddenly a whirl wind arose and he quickly put up his two hands to secure his hat and there and then at his feet appeared a large collie dog and the flames issuing from its mouth. He at first thought the dog was going to go between his legs so he drew his legs tight together. Immediately(continues on next page)