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1. Composition - Nightly Visiting in the Country (continued)

   

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   is at his best at fairy tales, yarns, ghost stories and accounts of his own experiences.

   In the townland of Ardragh some years ago there was a famous Seanchaidhe named Martin Gartlan. One time at a wake in the house of a neighbour named Gartlan also, he told stories without stopping from eight o'clock in the evening till eight o'clock the following morning. His stories were mostly about dealing, and fairs, and his experiences when in U.S.A.

   Another famous storyteller of that district was 'Ould Hughie' whose full name was Hugh Brennan. He excelled at ghost stories and often times on a winter's night when he would have been on his Céilidhe in a neighbour's house and had been

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairead Mac Nally

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cormoy, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Owen Mac Nally

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cormoy, Co. Monaghan