School: Lusk (C.) (roll number 719)
- Location:
- Lusk, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: S. Ní Shúilleabháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 209
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Lusk (C.)
- XML Page 209
- XML “Weather-Lore”
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
- (continued from previous page)used to rob the rich that travelled by mail coach. He would never keep it for himself but distributed it to the poor where he was always very welcome.St. Macculind the patron saint of Lusk jumped from the top of the Round Tower to Lusk Barracks. Then he tried to jump back again but his head struck the Tower half way up and left the imprint of his face on it which can be seen to-day. At the back of the Barracks where St. Macculind jumped to there is a holy well.Thomas Ashe was a famous hero. He was a teacher and he taught in Corduff school. He gave his life for Ireland in 1916.
- Collector
- Maureen Devine
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
