School: Bilboa (C.) (roll number 15693)
- Location:
- Bilboa, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 038
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- There is an old graveyard in Jack Walshe's field in the townland of Bilboa in the parish of Cappamore. There are a lot of tomb stones in it. On the stones there are dates: one of them is 1618 and another is 1400, and another is 1803. On one tombstone the name Dr. Bell is inscribed and the date on this stone is 1400.
A long time ago Billy Walshe went out in the night very late to see a sick cow which was in the same field as the graveyard. When he went to where the cow was he saw a woman in white standing near the cow. She disappeared and he went home. She crossed Walshe's yard three times after this and a man of the Walshe family who was ill died. She was never seen since.- Collector
- Mary Smee
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cuainín, Co. Limerick