School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)
- Location:
- Bealnablath, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cróinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 240
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- Near Macroom is a place called "Carraig an Ime" where a priest one time said Mass for the Irish boys of the place. Among them were my father's (g) Great Grand father and they were called the "White Boys.
While they were attending Mass a body of English soldiers called the "Yoemanry" came near them. The Irish were going to leave Mass and attack them, but the priest told them not to leave until Mass was over and the person that would leave would fall that day. One man left and was shot. The others attacked the "Yoemanry" after Mass and drove them horses and all in to the river and drowned them.
- Collector
- Denis Bradfield
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Currabeha, Co. Cork
