School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)
- Location:
- Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 198
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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.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. - I have heard the following piece of folklore from Mrs. Drury who resides in Abbeytown, boyle. She heard it from her brother.
It is believed that long ago the Drum Road was known as the Red Coach Road and this is how it got its name. Long ago a group of women were gathering sticks in Drum. Suddenly they heard the noise of a carriage coming towards them. On looking up they saw a red coach with three red horses coming towards them. The horses had no heads and the driver was unable to contain them. They all crashed into the Rockingham wall. The driver was killed and the coach was broken up but the horses galloped away.
The women went home and told of what they had seen. The next morning some men went to the scene of the accident but there was nothing to be seen. The man and coach had disappeared. After that the Drum Road was known as the Red Coach Road, until somebody changed the name to the "Drum Road."
