[Gutenberg 16018] • The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine / Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of / William Carleton, Volume Three

Two murders had been committed twenty years in the past. One was that of a carman, and the other of a man named Sullivan -- both of them robbed and murdered. At all events the glen was said to be haunted by Sullivan's spirit, which was in the habit of appearing near the place of murder, from whence he was seen to enter the chasm -- taken with its dark and lonely aspect, it impressed upon the place a reputation of being accursed, as the scene of crime and supernatural appearances.

We remember having played in it when young, and the feeling we experienced was one of awe and terror, to which might be added, on contemplating the "dread repose" and solitude around us, an impression that we were removed hundreds of miles from the busy ongoings and noisy tumults of life, to which, as if seeking protection, we generally hastened with a strong sense of relief, after having tremblingly gratified our boyish curiosity. . . .