School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh

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in the room the priest who had died years before. Having courage he asked him what was the matter. The priest told him of the unburned paper and of its whereabouts. The "Confession" being secured and burned he immediately disappeared. From that day there was never a strange sound heard in the house at night.
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I was very young when this incident happened near Archerstown Delvin, Co. Westmeath. One night about half-past eleven a neighbour of ours was coming home from his nightly "ceilidhe". This man was indeed very brave. On the

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