School: Cill Úird (C.)
- Location:
- Kilworth, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 239
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“Long ago when O'Keeffe was Lord of Fermoy he had woed and won the fair daughter of a neigbouring Chieftain.”
(continued from previous page)Storm nor fire fear not my boy but shun the fatal water.
The father on hearing the story was distracted, and decided to build a castle far away from all waters for his son's safety. He started the structure on Cairn Hill. But unfortunately when the castle was only well begun, the nurse one day took the child to see the work. While she was strolling round, the child slipped away from her, and looking into a barrel of water, he over balanced and was drowned, and as the prophecy was fulfilled to the letter. So the Lord being distracted left the castle unfinished, and to this day the hill is called "Carn" which means a heap of stones.
In recent times a cross has been erected from the doomed stones and can be seen this present day.
- Collector
- Nóra Ní Murchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Kilworth, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Margaret O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilworth, Co. Cork