School: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (roll number 16719)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Br. T. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 116
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“This is the story as told to me by my grandfather. The story is as follows:”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- The Headless Coachman:_ Stories of strange happenings which took place on the Castletown Road were told many years ago by an old woman. Here is one of them:
'I lived in a small house around by Camp Street and I remember this strange happening. It was first seen by a man who was coming home from a dance late one night. He told me that it was a coach, whose driver and the(continues on next page)