School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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- (continued from previous page)played for them. During the night a man named Dan Dan Brennan went to bed. When he was nearly asleep he saw a man looking down at him. He got such a fright he could not speak and when he looked up again the man was gone. He went to the door and found it locked and bolted as he had left it. He went to Father Murphy and asked him to speak to the man, who was following him. "He is beside you now and if you come in I'll talk to him," said the priest. Mass was said in the house and the ghost left it. That happened about six months ago.
- Collector
- C. Owens
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Christy Owens
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
