School: Doora, Cuinche
- Location:
- Deerpark, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Cáit Diolún
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“My father told me a story last night about a banshee.”
(continued from previous page)night until about half an hour from dawn then it went away. Next day one of the neighbours died.
Told by H. Cullen.
Manus Clare Castle,
Co Clare
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“The school was injured by lightning in the year 1929.”
The school was injured by lightning in the year 1929. It happened on a school day. Fortunatly it was about half past eight in the morning and nobody was in the school.
The lightening came down the chimney and made a big hole in the floor and went out through the gable end. It knocked the school yard wall. The same flash up rooted threes and set fires to hay and straw and did alot of other damage.
The night before was very bad. There was thunder and four or five very heavy showers during the night. It was in the month of December.
If it had been about an hour(continues on next page)