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School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)

Location:
Mell, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 086

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    Mrs Bessie Finnerty of St Joseph's Terrace Mell Drogheda was coming in the Drybridge Road she heard the Dead Coach but she could not see it at first but heard the trotting of the horses feet. Then she saw a coach drawn by horses with no heads and the coachman had no head. It passed her by at Pentony's house and she lay down in the ditch as it passed.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Finnerty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Saint Joseph's Terrace, Co. Louth