School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teachers: An tSr. A. Nic Fhionnlaoich An tSr. M. Beinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 157
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“There was a man named Harry Scott who lived in Carrowblagh about one hundred years ago and he had a wife and children.”
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“In the year 1891 there was supposed to be a haunted house in Milltown, Carndonagh.”
In the year 1891 there was supposed to be a haunted house in Milltown, Carndonagh. This house belonged to a man called Smith and he was a Protestant. Every night after twelve o' clock a noise could be heard upstairs. One time a servant-boy came to the house for the first time.
When night came he was directed to a room where he had to sleep. He was awakened in the middle of the night by a strange noise and there was a candle and matches on a table, near the bed. Soon he got the candle lighted and opened his bedroom door and he could see two dark figures in front of him. He ran down screaming to a room(continues on next page)