School: Anglesboro (B.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10262)
- Location:
- Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cadhla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 174
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“One night I slept in a haunted room in the town of Clonmel.”
One night I slept in a haunted room in the town of Clonmel. I happened to go to the fair of Clonmel with a splendid colt and I left Anglesboro' the day before and as I usually did business with a man called Morrissey who lived in Rutland Street I called on him to get a bed for the night and to get a stable for my colt. It happened that all the beds were engaged but I was lucky to get a very comfortable stable for my horse and then the good woman of the house said she'd be only too glad to get a bed across the street for me. I thanked her and then she invited me in to a hearty good supper. After the supper I went across to the house where I was to sleep for the night. It happened to be a publichouse and I sat down and(continues on next page)