School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 391
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- 1. In Kellys in Oughta stands the remains of an old house known as "Tynan's Old Lodge". No one can pass by this old lodge after sunset or they would be knocked from one side of the road to the other a hundred times. The Kellys if going to a fair must be gone past the lodge with their cattle before sunset; if not the fairies (before) wont let them pass. One night the Kellys were going to a fair in glenamaddy on the 5th Nov. about five years ago. They left at about 4 o' clock A.M. with tow horses. One of them, when he saw that the horses were quiet, turned back at the main road. When he was approaching the lodge he heard a quick footstep coming behind. He stood and listened as he thought that the horses might have broken(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ussey, Co. Galway
