1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Naomh Colmcille

School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 279

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 279

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Naomh Colmcille
  2. XML Page 279
  3. XML “Local Folklore - Local Heroes and Heroines”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Folklore - Local Heroes and Heroines

    Share Share Post
    Mrs. Moran of Coolnaha was in olden time the best walker in the district.
    One day she went to Mount Bellew, which is in Galway. She went to a tailor that was there to get a suit of clothes made for her husband. As she was going along the road a man with a horse and caret caught up to her. He told her to sit in in the cart. She went in. But after a while she shouted to the man and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Folliard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs B. Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Mayo