School: Ráth Araidh (roll number 9362)

Location:
Rahara, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ní Bheirn
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Mulligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Funshinagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Jim Kelly
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolagarry, Co. Roscommon
  2. In Kilcash there is a well. One day a girl went to the well for water. There was a ghost on the steps before her. She went home for her father when they came back he was gone.
    (Rosie Kelly Kilcash - from Jim Kelly)
    A light is seen at Leaba Diarmuid every night at 12 o'clock (Scregg). It goes across the hill
    (Pat Miley's hill).
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