School: Raharney (C.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. Conway
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- Michael Allen aged seventy three years said about a hundred and twenty two years ago in the town-land of Wardenstown there was a piper to be seen every night.
When Michael Allen would go for a can of water he would hear a fairy piper playing music beside the pond.- Informant
- Michael Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- The church in Killucan was a monastery two hundred years ago. The first Bishop of Ireland was consecrated there. There is a stone at the school in Killucan. Some say that there was a battle fought there called the battle of Killucan.
- Informant
- John Anderson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Wardenstown, Co. Westmeath