School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)
- Location:
- Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 570
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- Long ago, there live'd an old woman who used to go around begging, and she was well known among the people. She stayed only one night in any place. One night as she was going from one place to another a shower came, and she was forced to go into the ruins of an old Castle for shelter. As she was about to leave it she saw there were thunder and lightning. She stayed in the Castle during the night, made a fire and had her supper, and went to bed.In the middle of the night she had a dream that she saw in the midst of shininy lights six men card-playing. She woke up and found it to be true, and she watched them After a while a row arose and five of them called the [?] a cheat and killed him. After that the people know why the place was haunted. That woman was the first to find it out. Long before that when the owners of the Castle were alive they were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary
