School: An Clochar, Dún ar Aill (roll number 4268)
- Location:
- Doneraile, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that both the man and the horses did not live very long.
- It is said if you went up to Roches fort at 12 o'clock at night, you would see a regiment of soldiers drilling there. The band is played and the soldiers sing. The trumpet is sounded by a fairy.
- Collector
- Betsy Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymague, Co. Cork
- Rumours say that every Christmas Eve the headless coach comes out at Stream-hill bridge and goes around Oliver's house four times.The coach and horses are black and the coachman is headless. The horses are also headless.