School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:
Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Keefe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    89
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Rathshanmore East, Co. Wicklow
  2. A man died in Moyne & he was a Protestant & when he was buried it was late & the people were coming from the funeral in the dark. When they were coming home by the lane they saw the dead man sitting on the style but they never spoke, but passed on. He has been seen several times since in the same place.
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  3. One night he was coming home from Tullow late & he saw a boy & a girl on the road sitting in the ditch but the man that was with him did not see them. [?] he could not get the [?] to go by without great trouble. When they came
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