School: Gort an Gharrdha (roll number 11384)
- Location:
- Gortagarry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0536, Page 287
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- (continued from previous page)nights. It is here that the beautiful Princess Margaret O'Carroll of the Ely is buried.
But the Devil's Bit has stories of later times than these. It was here the Fenians were camped for a week under that old warrior general McSweeney from Killea in readiness for the Fenian Rising.It was also the scene of an immense meeting during the Tithe War at which it was agreed ti pay no more tithe and as a symbol of this a sheaf of corn was buried in the ground. This meeting is annually commemmorated on the third Sunday in July. But in later years the sheaf of corn was no longer buried but huge crowds give themselves up to music, song and dance on "The Rock" itself; locally this Sunday is known as Rock Sunday; and tradition says that it never yet was a fine day and living memory bears truth of this.
- Informant
- Patrick O Meara
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tooreenbrien Upper, Co. Tipperary
