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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

Location:
Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 05_014

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  1. The Long Black Hand

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    Two or three miles to the west of the school there are the ruins of an church. The people near this place say that once there was a very thick wood around the church. They say too that there lived an old woman with an big long black hand lived in the old church.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamuis Mac Feórais
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Keehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Castletaylor South, Co. Galway