School: Míleac (roll number 4974)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Brighid Bean Mhic Aodhgáin
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- (continued from previous page)Eyrecourt and lost her way in Billy's Place, Kilmachugh. The poor woman, no doubt after repeated attempts to reach her home, lay down exhausted and found, dead, the following morning. When a boy Mr. Glynn used to give Billy's Place a 'wide berth' especially when the shades of night used to steal over the lovely spot. Many a time he ran across the Lough Field in the direction of home not daring to look to the right or to the left fearing that "a woman with a shawl over her shoulders" would appear in the distance.
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- Collector
- Brighid, Bean Mhic Aodhgáin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Occupation
- Clerk
- Address
- Kilmachugh, Co. Galway