School: Gleannach (Glenough) (roll number 8224)
- Location:
- Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhreasail
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 254](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0583%2FCBES_0583_254.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 254
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Gleannach (Glenough)
- XML Page 254
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
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
(no title)
“There was a man coming home from the village of Hollyford one night about 10:30 P.M.”
34. There was a man coming home from the village of Hollyford one night about 10.30 p.m. He was coming around a turn of the road he heard a great noise inside the ditch the left hand side of the road. He looked behind him and he saw a bunch of cats coming after him and they crying. The man got very frightened and he went as fast as ever he could home but the cats came after him. When he opened the door to get in home the cats burst in on him and he was so frightened that he went into his brother in the bed. He never went out any more by himself in the night.(no title)
“There is a rath near the village of Hollyford and it is said that there is gold hidden in it and there were soldiers minding in the old times.”
Transcription guide »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.