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Colette Ní Fhathaigh, Peter Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection
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“The village of Johnstown was owned by a gentleman named John, and when he was dying he requested the village be called after him and it is called to this day Johnstown.”
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Colette Ní Fhathaigh, Peter Quinn
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“There is a man in our village named Pat Byrne and he is a weaver.”
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Máire Cáit Ní Dhallán, Pat Byrne
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“Once a man named Pat Moore dreamed that he and his neighbour went to a certain spot in our field and they got a pot of gold after digging for some time.”
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Catherine Kearns, Patrick Kearns
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“There is a sandpit in our field and this sandpit is called Clas an tSagairt and it is said that priests hid in it in the Penal days.”
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Catherine Kearns, P. Kerins
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“One night as my grandmother's father was coming home across the fields from his brother's house he saw something bright like a coal of fire in the middle of the field.”
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Catherine Kearns, P. Kerins
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“Long ago the people lived in a more homely way than nowadays.”
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Catherine Kearns, P. Kerins
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“Three hundred years ago there was a battle in the village of Redford.”
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Mary Walsh, Michael Lyons
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“There was a church on the righthand side of the road as you are going into Michael Loftus' field”
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Mary Molloy, Pat Molloy
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“Once there were a man and his wife living in Levallyroe. His name was James Loftus.”
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Eileen Delaney
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“There is a graveyard in Derryhog for burying unbaptised children.”
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Colette Fahey, Martin Keane
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Portach Pheadair srl.
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Catherine Kerins, Paddy Kerins
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“There was once a church on the right-hand side of the road as you are going down, in Michael Loftus's field.”
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Patrick Byrne
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“There was once a cave in Doyle's field.”
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Patrick Byrne
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“There was a man in Gurteen called Loftus.”
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Patrick Byrne
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“There is a field in Loftus' land in Gurteen and there is a pot of gold hid in it.”
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Peter Quinn
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Gairdín na Lochán
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Peter Quinn
Garraun, Co. Mayo
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“Long ago people used to make oaten meal cakes and Indian meal cakes and they used to bake them on griddles and they used to bake enough at a time to do them for three days.”
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Francis Cruise, Máire Ní Bhróin, Peter Quinn
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“One night a vision came to John Freston of Cottage and told him that he would get a pot of gold in Walshe's hill at the back of Waldrons' forge in Johnstown.”
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Máire Ní Bhróin, Peter Quinn
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“In Freeley's field there is a high hill called Dun Fúar.”
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Máire Ní Bhróin, Micheál Ó Léighin, Mrs Catherine Freeley
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