1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

Location:
Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Aileabhaird
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 203

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 203

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua
  2. XML Page 203
  3. XML “Local Heroes”

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

  1. Local Heroes (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    when he was a child he saw what was then even a rare custom - A man feeling himself insulted by somebody took his coat off - held it by the collar and dared anyone step on it. In this manner they used to march up and down the street singing "I dare anyone step on the tail of my coat.
    Stephen D'Arcy was a great oarsman. His people still have some of the medals that he won.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary D' Arcy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Tipperary