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School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

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Lucan, Co. Dublin
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Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 12

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    It is said that there was an underground passage from the Hermitage to Clondalkin and that fairies lived down in it an din the middle of the path half-ways between the Hermitage and Clondalkin there was a fairy bush, at certain times in the year they had it for a ballroom.
    It is said that a man dressed in red walked from the Liffey bridge to Eskes and he his a sack of gold on his way and no one could ever find it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Grahame
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lucan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs M. Grahame
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    34
    Address
    Lucan, Co. Dublin