School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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again and asked him to play a tune "I am afraid my pipes are rotten" said the old piper. "Bring them down anyway" said the fairy man. He brought them down and better music he never played before.A Story of a Haunted House
Townland:- Boherbee
Town:- Ballaghadereen
Barony:- Costello
County:- Roscommon
Told By:- Mrs Rogers Boherbee
Told to her By:- 80 years
Address:-
Written By:- Seamus Darcy Ballaghadreen
Age:- 13 yearsAbout a hundred years ago there was a house in Boherbee near Ballaghaderreen. The occupants of the house could not sleep at night owing to the terrible noise of breaking delphi, chairs and - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Seumas Darcy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Rogers
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80