School: Béal Átha Gearr
- Location:
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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- (continued from previous page)he said he would go to Mass and that she would be up when he would come home. On his way to Mass he saw two men out before him and one of them looked back and saw Domnaill Crubai coming after them. So he told the other man and they said they would walk on quickly. So Domnill said to himself that they must they would be late and he said he would walk on quickly too. After a while they looked back again and he was gaining and so they said they would run for the thought that it was Domnaill Crubai that was buried the day before that was coming after them. Domanill, on seeing them running began to run too. They ran into the Church and up to the altar rails. The priest was just beginning Mass and he turned round and asked then why they were running. They told him that Domnaill Crubai who was buried the day before that was in the Church. He looked back and seen him and ran out the Vestry door with all his Vestments on him and all the people after him. Domnaill followed them because he thought they were going to have Mass some other place(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brighid Ní Lochlainn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Saint Brendan's or Cregganagrogy, Co. Galway
