School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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    he had seen it again and if they did not get mass said for him that he would put him where he would not appear to him again. When the people heard this they were frightened and they got mass said for him so he never appeared again.
    It was said that if a person died and if they owed any debts that they could not get heaven until they would pay whatever they owed.
    There are some protestant houses and there are rooms in them (packed) locked up and nobody ever goes into them. There is a house in Anaduff Notleys and there is a haunted room in it.
    If a person was out at night and if they had a horse or a mare with them they would see a spirit or anything else like that before the person that was driving them.
    There was a house in Tulcon named Connors and every night when the people of the house would be gone to bed there would be lights seen in it.
    There was a priest in Mohill one time somebody asked him to say a Mass for them but he died before he said it. He came back to the chapel several nights
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gertie Bohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Mallon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Mason's wife
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Leitrim