School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

Location:
An Leithead, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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    on the floor. He did not say a word about the shot being gone off. When he reached home his brother was found shot near a ditch. The brother was laid out when he came home and the house full of people. The second night of the wake when they were saying the rosary they heard a noise saying "Níl an fear sin marbh in aon chor ach tá sé 'na colath go sám" and that minute the dead man woke up. The people say that it was his ghost that was lying there in the bed.
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Gallivan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Weaver
    Address
    Aird Aodha, Co. Chiarraí