1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Drumgownagh

School: Drumgownagh

Location:
Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Dominic Ó Huiginn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 594

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 594

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: Drumgownagh
  2. XML Page 594
  3. XML “A True Story”
  4. XML “A True Story”
  5. XML “An Old Story”

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. A True Story (continued)

    “One night there were two men going to a fair in Longford.”

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    to bring the wine and water to the priest he taught he was on the road and driving his beast before him to the fair.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. A True Story

    “One night as Peter McKiernan of Corngeeha and a few other boys were coming off their ceildhe some place between Francis Bohan's lane and Johnny Keegan's lane a stone was trown at them across a very high hedge Peter went to lift the stone but he was not ab”

    Share Share Post
    One night as Peter Mc Kiernan of Corngeeha and a few other boys were coming off their ceildhe some place between Francis Bohan's lane and Johnny Keegan's lane a stone was thrown out at them across a very high hedge. Peter went to lift the stone but he was not able to lift it. They had to come away and leave it there although it was flung across a big very high hedge.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  3. An Old Story

    Share Share Post
    One night Jimmy McCabe was going to a neighbour's house on his ceilidhe. He met a big crowd of people on the road. He had never seen them before. They said "Good night Jimmy Good night Jimmy". The asked him to go for a walk. He replied "I am too tired", but there was no getting out of it he had to go with them. They went on walking until they reached the County Cavan. But poor Jimmy did
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keeldra, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keeldra, Co. Leitrim