School: Straboe (roll number 12934)
- Location:
- Straboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Cormaic
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 131
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- There were four men near Portarlington. They were coming from Ballabrittas. As they were coming along the Ballabrittas road three of the men went on and then they noted that one of the men were missing. They went back and got him lying on the side of the road, and they asked him what happened and he said a white lady threw him aside. After he had told the story he died.
His name was Martin Sherlock.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Lalor
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mick Sherlock
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 42
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Eyne, Co. Laois
