1901 Census Innishinney, Tullaghobegly, Co Donegal
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ENTRY NAME RELATIONSHIP AGE OCC/BORN/NOTES 1 Mulligan Hugh head 69 farmer Mulligan Margaret wife 72 Mulligan Mary daughter 37 farmers daughter Mulligan Patrick son 34 farmers son John Mulligan and Margaret Boyle Household 2 Mulligan John head 33 farmer Mulligan Maggie wife 30 Mulligan Maggie daughter 5 farmers daughter Mulligan Patrick son 1.7 Mulligan Bridget daughter 2m Note: Mary b 4 May 1904
The following is an extract from -
TRUE IRISH GHOST STORIES
Compiled by
ST JOHN D. SEYMOUR, B.D.
HARRY L. NELIGAN, D.I.R.I.C.
1914
..............a story sent by Mr. T. MacFadden. It is not a personal experience,
but happened to his father, and in an accompanying letter he states that he
often heard the latter describe the incidents related therein, and that he
certainly saw the ghost.
"The island of Inishinny, which is the scene of this story, is one of the most
picturesque islands on the Donegal coast. With the islands of Gola and Inismaan
it forms a perfectly natural harbour and safe anchorage for ships during storms.
About Christmas some forty or fifty years ago a small sailing-ship put into Gola
Roads (as this anchorage is called) during a prolonged storm, and the captain
and two men had to obtain provisions from Bunbeg, as, owing to their being
detained so long, their supply was almost exhausted. They had previously visited
the island on several occasions, and made themselves at home with the people
from the mainland who were temporarily resident upon it.
"The old bar at its best was never very safe for navigation, and this evening it
was in its element, as with every storm it presented one boiling, seething mass
of foam. The inhabitants of the island saw the frail small boat from the ship
securely inside the bar, and prophesied some dire calamity should the captain
and the two sailors venture to return to the ship that night. But the captain
and his companions, having secured sufficient provisions, decided (as far as I
can remember the story), even in spite of the entreaties of those on shore, to
return to the ship. The storm was increasing, and what with their scanty
knowledge of the intricacies of the channel, and the darkness of the night,
certain it was the next morning their craft was found washed ashore on the
island, and the body of the captain was discovered by the first man who made the
round of the shore looking for logs of timber, or other useful articles washed
ashore from wrecks. The bodies of the two sailors were never recovered, and word
was sent immediately to the captain's wife in Derry, who came in a few days and
gave directions for the disposal of her husband's corpse.
"The island was only temporarily inhabited by a few people who had cattle and
horses grazing there for some weeks in the year, and after this catastrophe they
felt peculiarly lonely, and sought refuge from their thoughts by all spending
the evening together in one house. This particular evening they were all seated
round the fire having a chat, when they heard steps approaching the door. Though
the approach was fine, soft sand, yet the steps were audible as if coming on
hard ground. They knew there was no one on the island save the few who were
sitting quietly round the fire, and so in eager expectation they faced round to
the door. What was their _amazement_ when the door opened, and a tall,
broad-shouldered man appeared and filled the whole doorway--and that man the
captain who had been buried several days previously. He wore the identical suit
in which he had often visited the island and even the "cheese-cutter" cap, so
common a feature of sea-faring men's apparel, was not wanting. All were struck
dumb with terror, and a woman who sat in a corner opposite the door, exclaimed
in Irish in a low voice to my father:
"'O God! Patrick, there's the captain.'
"My father, recovering from the first shock, when he saw feminine courage
finding expression in words, said in Irish to the apparition:
"'Come in!'
"They were so certain of the appearance that they addressed him in his own
language, as they invariably talked Irish in the district in those days. But no
sooner had he uttered the invitation than the figure, without the least word or
sign, moved back, and disappeared from their view. They rushed out, but could
discover no sign of any living person within the confines of the island. Such is
the true account of an accident, by which three men lost their lives, and the
ghostly sequel, in which one of them appeared to the eyes of four people, two of
whom are yet alive, and can vouch for the accuracy of this narrative."
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