School: Ardkeenan

Location:
Ardkeenan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
John Meares
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  2. The was once a man who was very fond of being out late at night. One night he was coming home at it was very late. There was a very high hill about three miles from where he was rambling. It was said that every night after midnight there use to be ghosts seen in that place.
    It was a very lonesome place also as there was no house for a few miles about. It just was about midnight that time. He did not know that there use to be ghosts in that place.
    As he was passing by the hill
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