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“John Daly lives in Ballynacorky.”
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John Daly, Mary Gaynor
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“John Daly lives in Ballynacorky.”
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John Daly, Mary Gaynor
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“In a place called Irishtown a man named John Lyons was digging in his garden and he found a collar of gold but a little piece was broken off.”
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John Lyons, Mary Slevin
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“In a place near Moyvore there was a pot of gold found nearly 100 years ago by a farmer named John Mulvanny.”
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James Heduvan
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“In a graveyard called Aughora on border of Westmeath and Longford there is a big building composed of big rocks about three or four tons weight.”
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Abigail Heduvan, James Heduvan
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“There was a man named Matt Mahon who lived in Mearscourt at one time but is now living in Ballymore.”
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Eileen Casey, Mrs Vincent Casey
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“One day about 20 years ago a man named James Grehan was cutting turf in Ballallan bog.”
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James Heduvan, Janie Heduvan
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“There is a fort in a field owned by Gibney Victualler, Ballinacargy and the fairies are supposed to be there every night.”
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Mary Gaynor
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“There is a fairy fort in a field belonging to James Heduvan and they call the field 'the hungry grass'.”
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Abigail Heduvan, James Heduvan
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“There was a farmer who lived in Milltown parish Westmeath.”
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Mary Casey, Peter Leavy
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Mary Ward, Mrs Owen Ward
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Maeve Byrne
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“There was a man by the name of James Farrell who lived in Castletown.”
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Christopher Gaynor, Mary Gaynor
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“This story was told by an old lady Miss Drew in Ballynacargy it is a very true story.”
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Agnes Gaynor, Mary Ann Gaynor
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Kathleen Barry, Maeve Byrne
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Mary Slevin, Mrs Ml. Slevin
Kilmacnevan, Co. Westmeath
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“Among the many famous old places of interest there is one around here known as Collierstown.”
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Mrs Nicholas Nally, Rita Nally
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“Long, long ago, it is believed, there was a lake near Laragh.”
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Mrs Nicholas Nally, Rita Nally
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“About twenty five years ago in the parish of Milltown.”
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Mary Casey
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“In a place near Milltown in the village of Piercestown there is the ruins of an old Mill and a stream running up a hill and flowing into a pond.”
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Abigail Heduvan, James Heduvan
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“One of the strangest things in Fore is a well called St. Fenchen's well.”
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Abigail Heduvan, James Heduvan
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