July 13th 1938
This is a story which happened in Tulla where the O'Carrols were the owners of the place. They had a very big orchard which was enclosed by a stone wall about ten feet high. There was a door entering it and there were several windows in the wall. The fruit that this orchard produced was beautiful.It happened that about eight men who knew the place planned to make a raid on the orchard by night. They went, but when they went to pick the apples not one was to be seen. This gave them a great surprise for they knew that the trees were loaded with apples that day. They got afraid, but when they turned to go home they saw a big black dog coming running down the orchard, which hunted them out of it. The dog was not kept by the O'Carrols it was four brown dogs that were kept.
witer: Mary Nolan, Tulla, Cappamore
Teller: Mr. John Nolan (52)
Tulla, Cappamore, Nenagh, Co. Tipp

There are two "fairy forts" in Portmard in the Parish of Cappamore. They were called "lisses". They are in view of one another. These two lisses are round in shape. There is a fence of trees around each of them. There is no entrance hole in the middle of any of the lisses. There is a path from one liss to the other and it is said that the banshee made the path. No one would walk this path in the night. A long time ago Jim Brennan who lives in Portmard went out one night at ten o'clock and he heard the banshee crying there.

There is a liss in Cullina on Con Ryan's (Jim) land. Cullina is a townland in the parish of Cappamore. This liss is round in shape and some trees grow in it. One night, John Brien, of the same townsland was coming from a wedding in a neighbour's house. He had to pass the liss. It was one o'clock in the night, there was a dead silence. As he was passing it, he heard a noise like a man hitting nails with a hammer. He stood and listened, he could hear him whistling and singing. After a while he went home and never went near that liss.

Not long ago I heard of a story about Walshe's House in Ballyavareen [ Ballyvareen ] between Murroe and Cappamore. It is about a mile in from the road and there is a nice avenue leading into it. The house was haunted. One night the work-man went out after the day's work to a neighbouring house playing cards. It was twelve o' clock when he left the house to go home. When he was halfway he saw a vision walking before him, all of a sudden it disappeared. He kept going until he reached the door of the dwelling house. He opened the door, all of a sudden he got a stroke into the face and he was knocked down. He saw no more until he woke next morning.

Evictions took place at Towerhill, Pallasbeg & Eyon about 50 years ago. The families evicted in Towerhill were Martin Ryan and Jim O'Malley. In Pallasbeg Philip Madden and in Eyon - Humphreys. Only in the latter case was the farm grabbed by a man named Whelan, who held possession and was boycotted until the Land Commission gave him a farm in Meath or somewhere in the Midlands about thirty years ago. Martin Ryan went to live in a little house in the village of Cappamore and remained there for six years. His house, after the eviction on Little Xmas Day, when left untenanted, got into bad repair and his friends especially a priest overseas helped him build a new

At the back of Callaun Hill in Meenacree, north-east of Cappamore, it is said that there is gold buried, and that there was a man killed there for the sake of minding it. It is said that it was the Danes that hid it there. Before the gold is to be got two men must loss their lives in the getting of it.
One morning the two Berkery's and a man named O'Toole, started to dig for it. When they had gone down to the sixth flag two frogs appeared adn went back the hill and the men ran away

In the olden times it is said that there was gold buried in O'Callaghan's field, Turagh, in the parish of Cappamore, Co. Limerick. This treasure is said to have been hidden by the fairies.
Some people tried to dig for the treasure, but they were driven back by a spirit bull. It is said that there was light often seen where the gold was buried.

Once when the Danes were crossing this part of the country, they came upon a rich mansion that belonged to a merchant. But it was all locked up. They went around the mansion but they couldn't find any opening. Then they set to work to break the doors. They broke the most beautiful door that led into a big hall. Inside were tables and chairs of all kinds, but there was no money in it. The man who lived in it fled to a field with his big box of money. The field which he fled to now belongs to O’Callaghan's ,Turagh, Cappamore Co. Limerick and under an ash tree in a hollow in the field near a ditch he buried the box of money. Several attempts were made to discover the treasure, but it was never found by anyone.

Hidden Treasure.
The Danes on their flight through Towerhill, Cappamore, Co. Limerick had to cross through Dromalty bog. They were so tightly pursues that they had to throw all their treasures into a bog hole. the Hidden Treasure was

About 35 years ago, there lived in Dromclogher a great athlete named Michael Laffan, who won several prizes for weight-throwing. He was a noted figure at all the sports of Co. Limerick, Clare and Cork. His favourite weights were 28lbs and 56lbs. He was a fine type of a man standing over 6 feet in height.
He lived in the Main Street of Cappamore, some years before his death which took place 16 years ago.

Thomas Kemp, Glenstal, Murroe, Co. Limerick was noted for his great strength. About twenty years ago it is said that he was able to lift a barrell of porter with his teeth.
On one occasion he lifted a very heavy weight in Duffys Circus here in Cappamore. No other spectator at the circus was able to lift it. His uncle Thomas

I live in the townland of Farnane, in the parish of Cappamore, in the Barony of Clan William, in the County Limerick. There are about 20 families in the townland of Farnane, and about 100 people there. The family name most common is "O'Brien". The houses are mostly slated and one storey high. It is said that the townland of Farnane got its name from the elder trees. There are about 10 people there over seventy years. They don't know any Irish. They can't tell stories well in English, but William Fleming

About 22 years ago there lived in Killuragh, Cappamore, Barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick, a woman named Mrs Ryan who used to make soap. The soap was made with three gallons of water, six lbs of fat, three lbs of slack lime, and a lb an a half of washing soda.
First the three gallons of water were put into a large pot, next the three lbs.

When a farmer's daughter has a fortune to get, her parents are on the look out for a suitable match for her. They make enquiries about unmarried men who have farms. The matter in often discussed here in Cappamore at the Christmas fair and market. When the friends of the girl hear of a suitable match they go to the man's house to try and make the match. They walk the land to see if it is good or bad, and what stock he has. If the friends of the girl like the farm they then come to

The old people say that there was a private church on John Ryan's hill, Dromsally, Cappamore, Co. Limerick and the ruins are still to be seen near an old lime kiln that was on the hill. For four long years mass was said in this house, and on Christmas night the people of this house lit a candle at every window. Such was the custom of those times. One Christmas night the pagan soldiers had a march on the Dromsally Road and they saw the candles lighting. They got very vexed and at once leaped over the ditch and up to the light. Two priests were inside preaching. The soldiers at once broke in the door and killed the priests

My townsland is Dromsally. It is in the parish of Cappamore and in the Barony of Owney Beg. There are about thirty six families in Dromsally. The farmers' houses are all thatched but the other houses are slated. The most of them are slated. The townsland in which I live, got it's name from the dirty ridge. O'Malley is the most common name in my townsland. There are a good many people over seventy years, but they do not know Irish, and they are not able to tell stories in Irish. The houses were more numerous in former times. There are some in ruins now. A good deal of people emigrated from here to America in former times. The townsland is not mentioned in any song. There is no wood in the district.

now in my district. There are not very many in ruins, roughly about thirty.
Several hundreds have emigrated from my district in former years. It has been mentioned in a song commonly known as, "I was coming from the fair of Cappamore". The greater part of the land is good tillage land, with very little low land or bog. We have the Mulcaire river passing through my district, and Portnard Wood is the only wood of any account.

Towerhill is situated in the parish of Cappamore. It got it's name from a small hill with a tower on top of it, when Cromwell's settlers came there. They built a mansion for their leader, and on the top of the hill, he build a tower, which could be seen from a six miles radius. The tower is about ten feet high and is built of stone.
As there were more of Cromwell's settlers in the outlying district, a flag

There was a terrible famine in the year 1846-47. It affected this district very much, as at that period of the year, my District (Cappamore) was more thickly populated.
The people used be starving, and the only things they had to eat were potatoes, but when

Jerry Hayes lived where Mr. Paddy O'Neill's house now stands. Jerry Hayes was the Catholic landlord of the lands of Killuragh, Cappamore. He was a very just man, and was loved by his friends and feared by his enemies. He was usually at variance with his Protestant neighbours, who bled their tenants shamelessly. There are numerous stories told about his doings. His fame had spread through the country as a duelist. He was considered to be the finest man in Munster hence the name the "Blade of Munster". There is a story told regards an encounter between Hayes and some of "The Lloyd" of that period. There were four miserable thatched cabins situated in the place now known as Dromalty boreen