School: Ballygarvan (B.) (roll number 9829)

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1. Ballincranig - Gleann an Phúca - The Priest's Leap (continued)

   

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   by stealth. The Puca from which the Glen derives its name is the Puck of Shakespeare and in the folklore of the Irish peasantry is the fairy steed. At Poll an Aifrinn in the reign of Queen Anne, there is a legend connected with it that a Fr Mac Carthy was engaged in the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice there when a cry was raised that "the soldiers are coming." The priest had his horse in readiness and without waiting to divest himself of his vestments mounted into the saddle and urged his steed in the direction of Ballinhassig. Before long, the Military espied him careering westward, and like the keen sleuth hounds that they were they took up the chase with all their might. At the start the priest was the length of three fields ahead of his pursuers, and this distance he maintained until he reached Barretts Hill above Ballinhassig. Here the Military were gaining upon him and as a last resort he faced his steed towards the deep gorse

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   History Edit

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Ballincranig, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Jeremiah Downey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballincranig, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Michael Downey

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ballincranig, Co. Cork