one of them as supposed to be a gunner at the battle of Aughrim. It is said that it was one of these men that killed St. Ruth with a cannon ball at the battle of Aughrim.The land was divided into farms under the landlord's guidance. He had special power over his tenants such as:- When the people used to go to pay the rent or tithes, they had to have their hats in their hands, when they would be about ten yards away from the rent-house door.Another thing was that if a Catechism were found in Clan-Carty's school, the teacher would be put out of the school altogether. Tithes were collected for the upkeep of the Protestant Church. They were collected in money. The

Local RuinsThere are not many old ruins in this vicinity, but the two of any importance are:- the ruins of a castle which belonged to the O'Kellys of Hymany, and also the ruin of a Catholic Church which is now the part of a cemetery. The latter is about two hundred years old, and there is one gable end standing still.There are two walls standing yet of the O'Kelly castle. It is standing more than two hundred and fifty years. That was the year when the battle of Aughrim was fought. This castle was used as a strong-hold for the Irish against the English at the battle of Aughrim. In that battle, this

9. About a hundred years ago there was a school in the townland of Doone. It was held in a barn owned by a man named Flanagan. The teacher's name was Jimmie Burns, he was a native of Garafine. He taught Arithmetic, English Reading and Writing. The writing was done with quills. No Irish was spoken by the teacher nor was any spoken by the teacher. There were no desks but forms or planks to sit on. The teacher lodged in neighbouring houses mostly where children were going to school. He was paid a small salary by the pupils. When he died a Protestant teacher came from Aughrim. His name was Ogle. No child attended the school and he had to leave. Then a Protestant Minister by the name of Crampton came from Aughrim to establish the Protestant Religion. But the people of the townland threw stones at him and hunted him off, and he was never seen afterwards. After that the National Schools came into existence.
Pat Brennan, Doone

Some years ago this bush was to be seen on the Hill of Aughrim. People used to take away a bit of it with them as a souvenir of the historic battlefield.6. A man from Athlone dreaming of finding a crock of gold under "St Ruth's Bush" on the hill of Aughrim - (where the battle was fought in 1691). He located the place and dug and found the gold. He also found an ornamented flagstone, bearing a latin inscription. He brought this and the gold away with him. Some time after this there was a station at his house. The Priest admired the stone and read the latin inscription which read - "Search the other side from the bush and you will get double the amount". This the man did and found the amount of gold as stated.This is one of the few occasions when the gold was actually found.

StoryThere is a large wood in the parish of Aughrim, about six miles from this village. It is very large, and it is supposed to be planted during the battle of Aughrim. At 12 o'clock there are lights to be seen running through the wood. One night a man went into the wood to see the lights; but he could not. Just as he was about to return he heard a noise. He went in the direction of the noise and just as he stood on the spot, where the music came from he got a slap across the face and from that out he was blind in the eye he was hit on. It is said that there are still lights to be seen running through the wood.

Captain Strych who also gave stern commands to his men in defence of the friars and their monastery.
In 1614 however Kilconnell was suppressed and granted by James 1st to one Calthorp. The friars befriended as ever by the O'Kellys continued to live in the neighbourhood. After the battle of Aughrim they took refuge in a neighbouring bog living in cabins and sheilings.
In 1838 when the bell of the monastery weighing one and a half cwts. was found in the friars' bog. It is believed that the body of St. Ruth was buried at Kilconnell after Aughrim but no stone or inscription remains to establish this fact.

There was a great flood one time in the Yellow River about 75 or 76 years ago.There was a crowd of young people playing on the bank of the Yellow River at James McPartlan's of Slievenakilla. The flood swept a girl called Rose McPartlan. It brought her about a quarter of a mile. She was put out on the bank at Pat. McParttan's land and she was safe.There was a large flood in the Yellow River in 1927. The people living along the river had to leave their homes. This flood swept the Slievenakilla bridge, that is, the small wooden bridge and also Aughrim Bridge, that is, the Bridge between Aughrim and Corralubber.

Martin Doyle was a poor silly, but fairly cute man who lived in Aughrim near Elphin. He visited the town daily, begged in the shops and at the Presbytery, and never missed a Requiem Mass in Elphin or Aughrim. he seemed to dislike the Bishop very much and walked behind him as he (Doyle) read (mas dheadh) his Office on occasion of an Episcopal Visit.
A great sport and trickster, Michael Carney (R. I. P.) had a shop in Main St. lphin and he had a great "set" or grudge against anybody who seemed to be too wise and opposed to jokes or tricks. COmey did not like a neighbourng shopkeeper Francis Duke who

On his way to Aughrim, St Ruth passed through Brideswell on to Ballyforan. It is said that some member of each family in Taughmaconnell fought at Aughrim. Presumably St Ruth had a double motive in coming via Brideswell and Ballyforan i.e to get recruits and to save the garrision in Ballinasloe who could not have joined him had he gone the direct road from Athlone.
At Ballyforan the Jacobite soldiers took sheep from one of the Kellys. Kelly came to St Ruth’s camp and demanded payment. The General replied that there was a foreign army in the country and that Kelly should help to get rid of them ( the Williamites ) by supporting him and his army.

DROM AIDHNEDromina is a village in the parish of Seandrom, barony of Ossory and Kilmore, Co. Cork, six miles south west of Charleville, population in 1871 was 254, at present 120. The principal seats are Dromina House, Devine House, Aughrim House and Cherry Field.. The greater part of Red Bog was within the Parish, and as late as 1860 the supply of peat was looked on as inexhaustible. Turf to the extent of 140,000 tons annually was manufactured, about half of which was carted to Charleville thereby affording employment to upwards of two hundred people. The supply is now practically exhausted and the greater part of the land has been reclaimed. About a mile from Dromina at Killabraher is a ruined monastery and graveyard. In the Anglo-Irish War, 1920 - 21, there was a skirmish at Aughrim near Dromina. Some local men were wounded - later one of those was executed.

There is also another tradition told about this fort. One day, an old man was passing by the fort, and he heard lovely music coming from inside it. He stopped to listen, and after a while, he saw four beautiful young girls coming out of the fort.Each of them had a very thin stick. They came over to the old man, and began hitting him on the back of the head with the sticks until he was sore.After a while, the old man had to run away, and he could never warm the back of his head from that day until he died.There is a fairy fort situated on the hill of Aughrim. The land on which the fort stands is owned by a man named Jack Dooley. He never ploughed or sowed crops in this fort.The fairy fort is there for hundreds of years. It is said that this fort was built by the soldiers who were fighting in the Battle of Aughrim. There were no caves or underground secret passage found in this fort. There is only a path going through it, that was made by the sheep.There is also another fort which is situated south of the village of Aughrim in the district of Killnahown. It is owned by a man named Jack Larkin, Killnahown.It is said that every night the fairies could be

The Banshee
This story was told by Mrs Dan Byrne of Aughrim. It is of the Banshee.
The Banshee is the little woman with lovely hair, supposed to be a spirit who comes when someone is soon to die. Her cries sound like a little child crying. She gives three cries and starts again. She is generally out between twilight and 12 o'clock at night. She does no harm to anybody but when we hear her we say who is going to die. It is said she has a comb and is always combing her hair, as well as crying.
Nobody ever interferes with her. It is said she only follows the old Irish families such as the Laceys, the Fogarty's, the Byrnes and the Cullens. She has been heard many times in the Village of Aughrim.
Mary Cahill,
Kilacloran,
Aughrim,
Co. Wicklow.

Composition
My Home DistrictThe townland in which I live is Aughrim. I live in a new cottage. The house contains two bedrooms parlour and kitchen. The walls are seven inches thick and built of cement. The windows are large. The cottage is roofed with red tiles. And the fire is in a range. A range is very good for cooking.
The population is gone smaller. There are now about fifty families in Aughrim a lot of people has gone to situations over in England and America to earn their living. there are eight shops and a flour mill a guard's barrack and station.
Nellie Brien,
Redna Rd.,
Aughrim,
Co. Wicklow.

LÚRTAIN ?This is the name of a field on Charles McGourty's farm in the townland of Tullynaha.
CARRÁNis the name given to a hill on John Early's land in the townland of Aughrim. It is a rather high hill. A common place-name.
THE BAINSEÓGSThis is a little green field on Charles McGourty's farm in Tullynaha.
EACHDHRUIM BEAGis a boggy piece of land on John McGourty's farm in the townland of Aughrim.
CRACA FADAis a little field in Terence Forde's land.
POLL a' CHAITis a place on the Mr. Forde's land also. There is a well in this place.
CROCÁN RUADHThis is a place where red grass and red ferns grow. This grass is a sort of "Cíob".
CAILLEACH'S RIVERThis is a tributary of the Yellow River. It got its name from a woman named "Cailleach" who lived beside it.
THE SRUTHÁN (pronounced Srufán) is a stream in Tullyvacan.
ALLT na gCUILEANNis the name given to the upper portion of the townland of Tullynaha in the parish of Ballinaglera.
POLL na GLÉIBEis a rock at the mearing between Tullynaha mountain and Drumristin Rock.
BROCACH SPOUTis a small water-fall on Tullynaha Mountain. It flows across "Brocach Rock". Brocach Rock is along the Allt na gCuileann River.
TULACH RUADH is on the Aughrim Mountain. A sort of red grass like Cíob grows on it.
TULAIGH ÁRDis a high piece of land on the Aughrim mountain.

his sons fought in the Battle of Aughrim and some of them were killed there. One of them fought with the army of Louis of France One of Diarmuid's son was a teacher, another a poet and one a Jesuit. It was from this Jesuit the Parish got its name. He was called Iomar Daly. He was very holy and built a church there hence the place is called Cill Iomair Dalaigh, Killimordaly. Iomar Daly fought at the Battle of Aughrim and as a result was silenced.
The famous Eibhlín a Rúin was also a Daly - Eileen Daly The Dalys of Killimore spread to Dunsandle and Raford. They were a great catholic family ut the Dunsandle Dalys gave up the faith for some great favour they received. One of them was a protestant Bishop. There is no Daly in Killimore or Raford today. Some of them remain in Dunsandle. About a mile from the school is a farm called Cauran (Cornán) It gets its name from the heap of stones which was to be seen until recent years but was lately removed by a farmer who is now in

The landlord of this district was Lord Clancarty. He got the estate after the battle Aughrim. He was a good landlord. He gave the tenants a lot of work but they had to pay the rent

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This pass was a piece of firm ground, on either side of which lay swampy, marshy ground, though now mostly good land. It is said that the women and children were assembled at a place between Aughrim and Ballinasloe called meelehan [Melehan], this being considered the most protective spot, being almost surrounded by bog and marshy ground which would prwvent an English onslaught.
In order to provide food for the troops cattle and sheep were acquired by the Irish officers. One man named Mullen had his cattle siezed. Later he requested that the skins of the beasts be given to him, but he must have been considered niggardly because his request was refused. This Mullen is supposed, through the desire for revenge, to havelater supplied information to the English describing Syn Ruth and the horse he rode.
Previous to the battle the Irish troops are said to have recieved absolution in a field, now called Gort an Aitric []. Sarsfield dispatched to rear is supposed to have been in the vicinity of Cartron, near Aughrim to the Southwest. It is said that three days were about

I heard of a man by the name of John Telblin who lived in Tristane, Aughrim, Ballinasloe. He was great for pulling tugowar. He used to go to all the sports round the place especially the places where they would be pulling tugowar and whatever side he would be pulling with would win.

I heard from my mother that there was a holy well at Acon and when Michael Treacy Killalaghton, Aughrim, Ballinalsoe, was building a wall there he put a big stone on top of the shore and it fell down on his foot and hurt it. The next day he built the shore again and fixed it nicely and that day

this locality. Tom Daly of Aughrim, Ballinasloe and Michael Donlan, Abbey, Kiltormer. Those two people make and repair boots. Long ago shoemakers were more plentiful in the country places. The trade was handed down to them from their fathers. Clogs were worn long ago but they are seldom to be seen now.