School: Cill Mhuire (C.), Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10395)
- Location:
- Cill Mhuire, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Máiréad Pléimeann
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- Informant
- Paddy O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- An Baile Bán, Co. Chiarraí
- (continued from previous page)Firies Ghost Story.
A landlord living in Firies very many years ago had a great love for trees. For one very very old tree, planted near his residence he had a special reverence.
A troublesome tenant knew this and asked him for timber from the tree