There is a place in this district called Piercetown. It was so called because a man named Pierce Dalton owned the greater part of the land in this district in the early penal days. There is also another townland called Paddenstown. It is so called because Pádraic Dalton owned the greater part of it. It was Pierce Dalton who was supposed to have hidden the gold in Piercetown.There is an old bush in the town-land of Dalystown called Bacon bush. It was so called because an old man named Bacon died under it. There are some fields in Forgney called the "long field", "the soldier's garden" "Cuilín Cóir", and the bog-fields. A field in Piercetown is called "Skeheen". There is a fort in the field. There is also another called the "Batteries". There are two forts in it. Another still is called Malthouse Park. There was a malt-house there in olden times, where malt or whiskey was made. The ruins of the old malt-house are still to be seen. There is a field adjoining the residence of Mr T.J. Murtagh in this townland called "Shrehawn". There is a mound on it which they call the "Crann". Another field on low-lying land near a river is called "Curragh

Piercetown lies between Ardcath and Cushenstown. In the 15th century it was well populated. It possessed a Catholic Church which was down by Cromwell. The ruins of this church are still to be seen in the old graveyard. At the bottom of a laneway was a castle and in lived Lord Pierce. At the back of this castle is Pudding Hill.
Today Piercetown is thinly

Piercetown because the people were not able to pay the rent of their farm, and they were thrown out on the roadside with all their belongings. The landlord did not care where they went. Some kind friends gave them a house in Skerries, and they called the house "Piercetown Cottage" and the descendants of those people live there now.
Once some Rush men had a fight with Lord Holmpatrick because they had to pay for the seaweed they took off the strand. Some people have to pay high rent - this is called penal rent.

Denis O'Neill, Piercetown, Whites Cross was a great runner. He used to run races two miles long and he used to run across the country. He raced a horse trotting from Watergrasshill village to Glanmire bridge and he was sitting below on Glanmire bridge before the horse

Seminary; and Rev. Richard Shiel, of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, are with many other ecclesiastics long forgotten and now unknown, awaiting here the angel's summons.
Pastors of ArdcathIn June 1690, James the Second presented the Rev. "Dr. Patrick Curtis to the rectories of Clonalvey, Ardcath, and Piercetown-Landy." In 1706, The Rev. Patrick Curtis was registered at Trim as "Popish priest of Ardcath and Clonalvey." This venerable priest was ordained at Creggin, county Galway, in 1683, by Dr. Thady Keogh, bishop of Clonfert, and, at the time of the registration, lived at Haymontown. In his advanced years, the Rev. John Pentony administered the parishes of Ardcath and Piercetown for him. He died in January, 1743, and was buried in the churchyard of Clonalvey. Alongside of the western wall of the old church there is a headstone with the following inscription:Here lieth the body of
The Rev. Father Patrick Curtis,
parish priest of Cluanalvi, Ardcath, and Piercetown,
Who departed this life
the 11th day of January, 1743,
aged 86 years.The Rev. John Pentony, who assisted Father Curtis, went before him. and was buried in the churchyard of Ardcath. A monument was placed over him with the following inscription:Here lies underneath the body of the
Rev. Father Joh Pentony,
parish priest of Ardcath,
who died ye 30th of April, 1733, aged 55 years

There are three holy wells in this parish. There is one in Ardbraccan and it is called St. Ultan's well. People go to visit it on the first Sunday in September. Prayers are said and rounds are preformed at the well. I never heard of any story about the well.
There is another well in Martry - St. Brigid's well. It is said that this well was originally at St. Brigid's crossroads but that Cromwellian soldiers washed their socks in it and desecrated it in a much worse manner and that it disappeared and came up in Rowantree field.
The third well is situated in Piercetown. It is called Tubar na Gloise (probably Tobar na Glóire) in honour of the Trinity.
There is a fourth well in Piercetown near Tobins and it is also called after St. Ultan.

There are a number of fairy forts in this district . There are ten in the town-land of Piercetown.Once upon a time a young boy named Shanley went to swim in Curragh Mór river. The fairies came and brought him away. Two children were swimming with him, and they never missed him going away. He was missing from his home for three days, and three nights. The fairies were dancing and playing music, and he was dancing with them.In another fort a man was lost while counting cattle and sheep. He went through the fort looking for an ewe. He could not get out of it and he was missing the whole night. The man himself said he saw all the fairies dancing and beating a drum. When he tried (-) out of the fort, he thought there was a fence before him. There is a field called the bull-ring in Piercetown, and there are two forts in it. In the winter time lights are seen in it and little men dancing. People have heard noise like the milking of cows and the feeding of calves in these forts, on various occasions. Nobody interferes with the forts when ploughing the land for crops.

and iron crosses in Piercetown graveyard. The dates on some of the tomb-stones are 1790, 1800, 1845, 1754. There is one Bishop and four priests buried in the graveyard.Bishop McCormack is buried in the ruins of the Church.There are no disused graveyards in the Parish of Moyvore. A wall was built around the graveyard some time ago. There was no wall or fence around it, before the wall was built.Families use certain graveyards that are not in the Parish.
(Story of Piercetown Churchyard got from Patrick Fox aged 35 who got the story from his father - now deceased - They lived beside the churchyard)

away.The vestments were burned to make holy ashes and the books were sent to the museum but a small drop of holy oil remained in a glass cover which is still kept in my grandmother's house (Mrs Berry, Carrickfinn) and also the candlesticks he used to have saying Mass. Father McCormack is buried in Piercetown.

rope from the top of the castle. Needless to say he perspired before he got to Ballyduff. There is another story told about a fort in Piercetown on John Cormack's land. This is only a short distance across fields from the castle. John Cormack & a few others have seen a priest there wearing biretta and soutanne. John saw him coming out of the fort the others saw him on the road.Piercetown
This name is foreign. The original Gaelic name is unknown. There are two Danish forts in the townland, one already mentioned & the other in Daniel Hackett's land. the latter is large and has the remains of an old building in it.Drish
The name means a "briar". There is a river of the same name passing throught & joining the Suir at Turtulla. There is a Danish fort on Daniel Mahers land.Coolahulla
This many mean something like "sleepy background". It is at any

In Piercetown Moyvore, a twisted piece of gold was dug up by a man named Fox. He sold it to Tuite a jeweller, who then lived in Mullingar. His shop is now in the possession of P. W. Shaw.
Mr Tuite sent the gold to the museum it is said.

In a place near Milltown in the village of Piercetown there is the ruins of an old Mill and a stream running up a hill and flowing into a pond.It is believed that a saint was buiding the mill, and he employed a mason to build it. There were no rivers near the place. When the mason had the mill finished he was laughing at the saint for being so foolish to build the mill

at night.There is a hidden treasure in Piercetown. It consists of a golden duck and twelve golden eggs. Long ago a man named Dalton who lived in this district got all his gold melted into a golden duck and twelve eggs. It has often been searched for, but nobody was ever able to find it.

The Old Grave-yardsThere are three church-yards in the Parish of Ballymore.One of the church-yards is situated around the chapel of Ballymore and the other is situated round the Protestant church and the other church-yard is situated round the chapel of Boher.The three church-yards are still in use. There are some trees growing round the chapel church-yards.There are a few old crosses in the church-yards and the rest of them are newly erected.There are two graveyards in the Parish of Moyrore. One in Piercetown, and the other in Templepatrick.There is the ruins of an old church in Piercetown grave-yard and there is the ruins of an old church in Templepatrick graveyards are round in shape.There are tom stones, and monuments, and wooden

by Dr Luke Wadding - Bishop of Ferns in the seventeenth century: others held they were written or rather compiled ( as some of these are found in collections of old English hymns) by Fr William Devereux P.P. of Piercetown in the eighteenth century. In a certain church the old P.P. ended the custom by calling out to the singer on Christmas morning."Will you stop that bawling?"

Long ago there lived on Piercetown hill a boy named Seamus Clinton. He was alone except for his mother. His father was killed in battle when Seamus was only but a small boy of 3 years. They resided in a small cottage. On their small plot of land they grew potatoes and their little cow yielded them milk.
One warm July evening the cow strayed from her own field. Seamus went in search of her. Before long he sat down on the hillside to enjoy the evening sun. Below him to his surprise he saw troops of fairies playing football. One of the little fellows who wore a red cap attracted his attention greatly. He kept the ball to himself so long that Seamus pleased with his clever play cried out, Well done Red Cap.
Just when he had spoken he was surrounded by a troop of fairy soldiers who took him and

Saint or holy Monk whose memories are in oblivion or the mould of some great King or chief whose tomb remains uninscibed.
About half mile further on we meet another solitary burial place in the Townland of Piercetown. It is round in shape and in the centre of it stands the ivycovered ruin of an old church which serves as a nestling place for the owl and the woodquest. It has been little used lately.
Now we go on to old and forsaken Kilmoon which was once the residence of Protestant ministers. The ruin of their abode still stands in this ancient place and seems to have the tales and woes of centuries upon it. Near it is an old churchyard. It is divided into two parts by a path. There are not many headstones to be seen but carved out on one of them is the name Patrick Donoghue. It is not known whether it is a monument of the bold Paudh of Curragha or not.

“In the village of Piercetown, about five miles away, there was a saint long ago building a mill.” He was helped by a mason.
The mason thought the saint very foolish to build the mill, where there was no stream, and the saint got very angry with the mason.
There was a hill near by, and the saint blessed it, and a clear spring came rushing down the hill, and set the mill in motion.
The mason was caught by the wheel, as he never thought it would turn, and was killed instantly. The ruins of the mill are still seen, and the spring is still there.

There was a man named Matt Mahon who lived in Mearscourt at one time but is now living in Ballymore. There was a cave beside his house. There was a flag leading into it. You would have to lift up the flag and go down steps into a beautiful room. One day a Friar went into the cave and Matt Mahon followed him in. They saw an old stone altar. On the altar the found a gold chalice, a mass book and a lot of other valuable things. There is another cave about half a mile form that. It is said that they go under ground from one to the other.A good many years ago Pat Fox's father Piercetown dug up a piece of gold with twists in it. He sold it to a man in Mullingar called Tuite, who is said to have sent it to the museum

There is a fort in Lisnacase about three miles from Moyvore. There is supposed to be a chamber of hidden treasure in the centre of the fort. A few years ago a few people tried to locate the entrance to the chamber, but failed.There is a fort in Rathcogue and there are three in Piercetown each in sight of the other. Each of these is surrounded by a single rampart. There is a fort in Aughnaboy, and opposite it one in Ballinacurra. East of the latter is a fort in Killahondra, and south-east from Killahondra is one in Baltacken. Each of these can be seen from the other.There is a fairy fort in Williamstown. It is called the Lissy fort. It is said to have been made there by the Danes. There is no fence around it, nor no hole in it. It is said that there is an underground passage in it, but it has never been opened.