School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)

Location:
Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Aodha
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0603

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0603

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
  2. XML Page 0603
  3. XML “The Famine”
  4. XML “A Lisheen”
  5. XML “The Lisheen Ghost”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Corless
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Corless
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Corillaun, Co. Galway
  2. About forty years ago what is known to be the Lisheen Ghost gave a man from Curlane a great fright. This man was one night coming home from town, and at about twelve o’clock when at the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.