School: Eaglais an Chlocháin
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Foghludha
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- The Ghost of Ballyhough Castle.I Gus Reddan of Ballyhough, Eglish heard this story from my aunt, Mary Anne Reddan, aged about 70 years. She head it from her father about 50 years agoThe old castle of Ballyhough, to which the story relates, is now in ruins and stands in the townsland of Ballyhough about a mile to the north of the village of Eglish and half a mile from the Nenagh-Banagher road.About the beginning of the 19th century a man named Horan lived in a house near the castle. He had a groom and he (Horan) refused to pay his his wages. Before he left, the groom said he would be avenged, dead or alive. On different nights the flock of geese were frightened and made great noise on the ground floor of the castle where they were housed.Soon after, Horan's dog ran in under his bed frightened one night and was got dead in the morning. The following morning Horan himself was found dead in his room.Miss Mary Anne Reddan, Ballyhough, Eglish,Borriskane,
Co. Tipperary
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- Collector
- Gus Reddan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhaugh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Miss Mary Anne Reddan
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Ballyhaugh, Co. Tipperary
