School: Cill Rosanta (C.), Coill Mhic Thomáisín
- Location:
- Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhaoláin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 47
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: Cill Rosanta (C.), Coill Mhic Thomáisín
- XML Page 47
- XML “Coumshingaun”
- XML “Saint Patrick's Visit to Comeragh”
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
- There are many legends told about "Coumshingaun" Lake" this is one I heard from my father.
It is said that every seven years a horse comes out of "Coumshingaun Lake" and shakes itself on the bank. It is said if a person digs where the horse shakes herself, she will find a crock of gold.
But it has never been know that anyone found the gold.
- Collector
- Peggie Keating
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Once upon a time St. Patrick was in Cutteen, the people invited him to a dinner. They gave him a dog to eat, when he uncovered the dish on which the dog was he made the sign of the cross. The dog instantly came to life. He ran out the door and made a gap through the mountain which is now called "Beárna Madra" St.(continues on next page)
