School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr. Celestine Clarke
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- Collector
- Sheila Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Armour
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- A Fairy Tale of Moville.
Gleneely is a townland about 3 miles from Moville. About sixty years ago, there lived a man in this Townland of Gleneely. He was a farmer.
One day he went to dig potatoes and his children went out to gather them. When the children were finished gathering the potatoes, he sent them home.
Suddenly he saw a fire in the field, he went to(continues on next page)