There are many hiding places on Baltinglass hill all of which were used in olden times. There are caves running from the old Monastery to the pinnacle on top of hill. This cave was used in the time of Cromwell who came to burn down the Monastery, the monks and nuns escaped through the cave. One nun from France who was staying in the Monastery for a while ran up the hill and got into a narrow cave on top of the hill where she is supposed to have died. Many attempts have been made to explore the cave but no one has ever succeeded in getting in. The most historical place of all is Michael Dwyers pinnacle in which many strange things have been found.
Cyril Owens
Station House
Baltinglass

There were two men drawing lime. One of the(m) went into a house in Haroldstown for boiling water. The other waited for some time, and his comrade did not come out. He went and told the priest in Baltinglass. The priest told him to go back with the same horses and cars, that night twelve months. He went back, and his comrade came out, he asked him what kept him. He said he was only a minute getting it.

There is a fair held in almost every town in every month. The local fairs are held in Dunlavin, Baltinglass, Ballymore-Eustace, Hacketstown, and Naas. Long ago there was a fair in Donard but it is now discontinued. The fair of Dunlavin is held on the second Wednesday of every month. There are two fairs in Hollywood one of them is on the first of November. When people are buying sheep, cattle, or pigs they always give back some money for luck.

the rebels. He was tried at Baltinglass, convicted and fined ten pounds. He was also compelled to remove a sign which he had over his door. The man was too poor to pay the fine but his neighbours collected the money and paid the fine for him.Moore's son resolved to avenge himself on Captain Hume. One day while the captain was out about Rathdangan in search of rebels he met Moore, who shot Hume dead. He then fled to Dublin and succeeded in escaping detection for a few years. During this time he worked as a carpenter. Another deserter named Neill was captured by the yeo (?) from Humewood, and in order to save himself he informed on his former friend, Moore. Moore was arrested in Dublin, and brought under heavy guard to Baltinglass where he was tried and condemned to death. He was sentenced to be hanged in Rathdangan, and the tree which grew over the well was the scaffold.After his death his body was almost hacked to pieces, and was then placed on the highest point of Carrick. (Carrick is a hill about three miles from Rathdangan.) A huge stone at the side of the road at Ballyknockan indicates the spot where

Signs of hard weather:
Robin flying into house.
Lapwings seen early in winter.
Wild geese seen flying inland (southwards).
Small birds gathering in large numbers about corn sheds.
Cat turning his back to the fire (frost).Signs of Rain:
Moon on its back, or Ring round it.
Cap on Kaigeen mountains.
When Sliab na mBan is visible.
When train can be heard crossing Holdenstown Bridge (a bridge over the Slaney).
When you can hear church clock strike in Baltinglass.
When motors can be heard plainly moving along Baltinglass road.
Swallows or crows flying low.
Wind blowing from direction of Baltinglass.Signs of Dry Weather:
White fog lying in a valley.
Hinges squeak on doors.
Gossamer threads on bushes or grass.
Wind at a certain point blowing from Kilranelagh or Kaigeen.
Crows flying high.

The only two fairs in our district are Dunlavin and Baltinglass. The buyers go to farmers' houses and then they make the bargains.Up to a few years ago there was a fair in Donard.The Economic war finished the fair there as the prices got bad and the buyers didn't turn up on a couple of occasions.In Dunlavin there is a fair green but in Baltinglass there is a fair green in the streets. When an animal is sold luck-money is given.
It is called luck.
It is calculated according to how much the animal (the animal) is worth.
The people show their agreement by hitting hands.

Candle making was formerly carried on in Baltinglass. Miss Douglas who lives in the town, told me that an uncle of hers, Mr Park, used to make candles. Mr Park lived in the house in Mill Street now occupied by the Crannys who use it as a shop.Opposite to Cranny's shop there is a Carpenters yard. This was in former times the Chandlery where Mr Park worked.Miss Douglas is seventy four years old. She says that this candle making was carried on before she was born. She has no recollection of ever seeing the candles being made but she still has in her possession one of the leaden moulds which were used. Her father bought it, among other things when the effects of the chandlery were being auctioned.Miss Douglas. Aged 74
Main St
Baltinglass
Co Wicklow

I always heard during my boyhood, that there was a terrible massacre of nuns at the Old Abbey, Baltinglass, long ago, and for that reason a certain stone bleeds profusely there, every Good Friday. I remember going down to the Old Abbey on a Good Friday morning to watch this stone and see it bleed, but no blood came forth.James Humphreys

There was once a wealthy lord living in Baltinglass. He employed a lot of local labourers. He made them work hard for a small wage. The hours for working were from the song of the lark till the setting of the sun. The men did not like this so they prayed to God that a lark might never sing on his land. From that day till this a lark never sang on his land. Out side his boundary they can be hear any time.

In Baltinglass there is a hill called Rath-gohran. The valuables are probaby there since the time of the pagan. It is on the very top of this hill they can be seen. Some months ago there were attempts made to unearth them by a band labourers who were probaby employed by the County Council. It was very successful work. The found a number of human, a number of vessels made of clay and also a pagan burial ground. In this burial ground they found a number of chambers one where the victim was burnt and another where he was buried. These all happened to belonged to the pagans.

In the town of Baltinglass there lived a man named Michael Hayden. He lived in a little cottage in Main Street. He was a Cooper and used to make churns milk-pails and repair the old ones also. This was very convenient for the neighbouring farmers. This man always had a number of articles ready by the fair day. He had a certain spot on the square where he used to display his goods. It was very seldom he had to take any of them home.

In olden times the ancient people used herbs very frequently. One of these cures was for a felon or whitlow on the finger. It is said a felon is very painful and also very dangerous. Nowadays people often loose their fingers with it. The old peoples cure for this was felon herbs and rue which go together to form a poultice. Another cure was for the jaunders worms were pounded up and boiled in milk they were then taken as a drink. Worm fever was cured by a herb called “Cannabhán beg". This was rubbed on the patient. A fig heated very hot and placed on the jaw is said to be a cure for the tooth-ache. If a person walks under a donkeys legs he will be cured of the whooping cough. Many miles outside Baltinglass in a place called Blessington Lacain well is situated. Numberless cures took place at this well

There are a good many stories attached to this district about "The Great Famine 46 - 47". The people suffered badly. They had nothing only turnips for breakfast, dinner, and supper and very little of these. There happened to be one very wealthy man named Nolan in the district at that time he killed cattle, sheep, and pigs, and boiled a big pot of potatoes regulary once a week to feed the poor. The district was well populated before the famine. There are many houses still occupied which were there in the time of the famine. The monastry at Baltinglass was there in the time of the famine and up to when Cromwell ruined it. Beside this was a Convent belong to the Cistersion nuns. On its grounds is the Protestant Church. The blight effected the potatoes in such away that they decayed in the

either man of beasts. It was then called "Bealac Conglais" or "the Way of Conglais hence Baltinglass. There are quite a numbe of people over 70 in this Townwsland. Every Friday you would see them at "The Post Office" for the pension. There is one woman in this district up to 90 her name is Mrs Fleming of Balen St. Long ago people frequently went to America from this Townsland. The land is fairly good in parts of this Townsland. The river Slaney flows through the middle of the Town.

The local fair is held in the town of Baltinglass on the first Monday in each month. When buyers can not get a good price they always stand at crossroads and meet the farmers coming to the fair and buy the cattle When the farmers are coming into the town with cattle they have to pay two pence on every beast. This money is paid to the Committee of the town. When an animal is being sold the buyer and sellers always argue about the price. In this case if they differ they always split a pound in two even parts this they call making a bargain.

The local fairs of Baltinglass are held on the third Monday and Tuesday of every Month. It is held out around the streets. There is no money to be paid to get into the fair. When a farmer or any body buys a cow they give money back to the buyer which they call luck. When a beast is bought it is marked with a raddle and others with tar and others are clipped on the side with a scissors. When an animal is sold the halter is not given nor the pole is not given. The biggest fair is the Christmas fair. The fairs are not held at a historical place in the town of Baltingalss

He threw the ball of wax-end it stuck to the hare's forehead. The hare leaped out of the furze-bush, and "took up" a path that crosses Baltinglass hill from Coolnarrig. There was a man coming down the path and he "started" another hare. And hares - when they're hunted, are always looking behind them - and the two hares stuck their heads together, and could not stir.
The man took the two hares and brought them home.

Man taken by fairies
One time there was a man named Lindrix took with the fairies and there was a lot of fairies He never knew where he was till he was going up the street of Baltinglass at day break the next morning and then the men disappeared and he had to walk home and he died it was said that the fairies killed him.

quarters were kept at Belgooley and plans made there for the early of Cork, Kinsale and Bandon but, alas, for patriotic hopes in the April of 1642 a much superior force of troops under Lord Baltinglass landed at Kinsale and joined forces with a company of Bandonian stalwarts routed the "rebels" and the Belgooley camp soon broke up. The Long family paid dearly for their temerity, and the Cromwellian seizures dispossessed them for ever. Anceint Gift House.There formerly existed in Kinsale an almshouse founded in the reign of Charles II for the maintenance of eight poor men who each got two shillings a week and clothing. This institution was known as the Gift House. The Southwell family endowed this institution liberally and its most generous patron was the Right Hon. Edward Southwell, some time Chief Secretary of State. This member of the Southwell family also erected

This hill lies in Co. Kildare, between Castledermot and Baltinglass. Though generally known as Corbally, the north-western half of it goes by the name of Ballynacarrick. The mearin ditch, which runs right across its summit from north-east to south-west, separates Corbally on the Leinster Estate from Ballynacarrick on the Payne Estate. Near the summit is a great granite boulder grown as "The Giant's Chair", but there are no traces of raths or other objects of antiquarian interest. Some time ago there lived three families on the top of the hill named Murray, Lyons, and Walsh. All that now exist of their holdings are a few ruinous walls and fences.
The meaning of Corbally (according to Dr. Joyce) is "odd town"; and of Ballynacarrick, "the townland of the rocks', - a name that would be appropriate to the whole of the hill, owing to the number of granite boulders dotted over its surface.
About 130 perches from a house on Corbally once owned by a man named Peter Nolan, and to the west of it, is a field called "the Castle Field", in which are the remains