School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)
- Location:
- Derrew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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- Long ago the old people said that there was a lot of fairies in Carraigmor and everybody was afraid passing through there at night.
It was a very dark place. One night my grandfather was coming home from his friends house in party.
As he was going round the turn he heard the noise of horses. troops coming after him and he kept in in the side of the road to let them pass by.
He waited there a while but no horses came the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Gibbons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- William Gibbons
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Mayo
