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School: Naomh Colmcille, Leitir Cheanainn

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Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Mháthair Ignatius Ní Bhroin
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    back towards the town, finally he reached the port. There was a house beside the port so he went over to it. The man of the house came to the door and he being an illnatured man, refused to help him home or allow him to remain there so he turned him back towards the town. The poor man, getting more amazed, wandered back and forth for an hour. Finally in the early hours of the morning he toppled over the brink of the quay and was drowned,
    The hearse had been an omen of the death of his father, the old man on the night of his death wandered along on the same part of the road as the hearse had travelled. It is said that on the night of the Anniversary of this event the hearse has been seen but this time the coffin was not empty, in it was the body of the dead man.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female