School: Muclagh, Aughrim

Location:
Mucklagh, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhuibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 103

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  1. Ghost Stories
    One night my father was coming home from Farbrague through the bog he saw a light coming towards him a when it came just up to him it went black out and when he passed it it lit up again
    One night there was a Priest going on a sick call he heard music inside the ditch and he stopped and looked in over the ditch he saw two grey hounds singing a beautiful song and when he reached the place where the person was dying the person had died
    It happened one time about 25 ago two men were ferreting rabbits on a mountain one night and in a short time they saw a man standing on a rock looking at them and that man was dead 20 years. He was dressed the same as when he was alive with corduroy trousers and
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygobban, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    M. Doyle
    Address
    Ballygobban, Co. Wicklow