School: Eaglais
- Location:
- Eglish, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Heifearnáin
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- (continued from previous page)and told his story the priest came out with him and there were no fairies in the car coming home. When they got home the priest put the fairies down in a big hollow. After a while the man sowed potatoes in this same place and when we was digging them out he was digging out duck eggs instead of potatoes.
- Story of the Leap CastleThe story I am about to relate is the story of the Leap Castle which is situated about five miles from Roscrea. There were people living there at that time by the name of O'Carrolls. O'Carroll had a sister and she was very ugly and people came from all parts of Ireland to marry her but none of them would suit her. Her brother grew very angry and he said the next one who came would not leave the castle alive. At last a young man came on horseback. He also did not suit her. He was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tomás O Dúinn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Occupation
- Oibrí
- Address
- Derryad, Co. Offaly
