School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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“Once upon a time, there was a girl working in Lullymore house.”
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“In Pluckerstown there was a woman the cloicín dearg.”
In Pluckerstown there was a woman called the Clóicín Dearg. It is said that she hanged herself with a handkerchief. A priest that was going the road one night and this woman and she killed him, he was on horse back. This woman haunted this place and not long after that a man that was passing by saw the woman and she beat him so much that he died in less than a week. Now the priest heard about this so he said he would do something. He locked the woman up in a room and said he would cast her into the Red sea. She asked him would he let her stay(continues on next page)