School: Mantua (roll number 2327)
- Location:
- Mantua, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 089
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- Fedelma Sharkey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenagappul, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Peter Higgens
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
- About seventy years ago an old woman whose name was Catherine Beirne lived in Brackloon. There is a fort in that village and there a red little man was to be seen riding on a wheel. One dark night she was out late and she had a cleeve of turf on(continues on next page)
