School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)

Location:
Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 84

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 84

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: Ráth Séideóg
  2. XML Page 84
  3. XML (no title)
  4. XML (no title)
  5. XML (no title)

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. (no title)

    Colm Cille prophecied that there would be a Battle fought in a field called (Drowlin) which is in Drimacanoo...

    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
        2. saints
          1. Colm Cille (~265)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
  2. (no title)

    There is a story told that a man was digging in a hill and he found a pot of gold.

    There is a story told that a man was digging in a hill and he found a pot of gold. He saw another man coming towards him so he closed the hole again until the man would go away. But when the man did go the other came back to see about the gold but he never saw it again. This gold supposed to be found by a red haired man sometime in the future.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. (no title)

    There is a man the name of James Harkin living in Tullyhullion. He has found a number of stone instruments in his moss.

    There is a man the name of James Harkin living in Tullyhullion. He has found a number of stone instruments in his moss. While a number of men were cutting turf in Paddy Sams moss they found a dead man's body rolled up in flannel. But once they took the body out it crumbled away to dust.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.