School: Garrán (B.) (roll number 11274)
- Location:
- Garrane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 260
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- There is a lot of liosanna around but the one I know best is on Mr Stout's land of Coolbawn. That lios was round with a ditch of earth around it. There was an under-ground passage to it and people used to go into it. About four years ago Mr Stout broke down the lios and ploughed up the field and he had no luck since that. One year he had hay growing in it. When he it saved it was all blown away. That lios was about three feet above the ground. When he was digging it he heard crying and caoining under it. That night as he was driving in the cows. It was dark. He thought he saw all white things up over him. When he went in home a cow was dead before him. In the under-ground passage there was a path going around in it There was a man went into it and the path was so narrow that he was not able to turn around in it The man went about forty yards of the path and he was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolbane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Coolbane, Co. Cork
