School: Ballymore (C.) (roll number 7444)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: K. Kavanagh Mrs Kearney
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- (continued from previous page)field. (James Farrell) and came along dicth to the cross-roads. The light disappeared and a black object came before him and he went on home and it followed him. When he went down to his own gate, the light disappeared. The next moment he saw a big motor light coming towards him. It [?] disappeared across by the red bog on to Doneil rock. He did not see it any more. It is said it came out of our shed in Raka and it is seen every night there. The man who saw the light is alive yet and his name is Edward Mulreann. There is another bye-road in my district two. There is a field on the bannon road where there was a castle. A prince and princess lived in it. One day one of them were turned into a witch and the other was turned into a hound. When they died they were buired beside the castle under two trees. After that the trees never grew a bit.
Celine Jordan
25th November 1938
Told to me by
Edward Mulrean
Blackwood (age 70)
Ballymore
- Collector
- Celine Jordan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Edward Mulrean
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Maddadoo, Co. Westmeath
