a bed tick and brought it with him for the potatoes. He filled the tick and he carried six hundred of potatoes home on his back a distance of two miles.Tom McGovern who lived in the townland of Gub in the parish of Glangevlin Co. Cavan was a very strong man. He carried a two hundred bag of meal and four stone of flour from Swanlinbar to his own home a distance of eleven miles.There was Civic Guard in the parish of Glangevlin who was a good jumper. He could jump six feet the height of himself backwards and forwards.Hugh McGovern, Coraglass, Glangevlin was a good swimmer. One day he and Peter Dolan went into swim in a lough. When they were in a while Peter got afraid and he would have been lost only that Hugh was a good swimmer. He took Peter on his back and swam to the other side of the lough. James Harte was also a good swimmer. He lived in the townland of Carrick in the parish of Glangevlin. He could swim in and take out birds that would be shot on the lakes. James was also a good mower. Bartly McGovern who lived in the townland of Moneensauran in the parish of Glangevlin would be able to mow one acre in one day.Peter Fitzpatrick who lived in the townland of Gub in the parish of Glangevlin, Co Cavan was a noted dancer. He could dance reels, jigs and hornpipes galore and a singer you could not find his equal.

On the Mountain top mid-way between Glangevlin and Ballinglera there is an Altar made of stone.There are many versions of the origin of this erection.(a) An old priest told me that at one time Glangevlin and Ballinaglera were one parish and that neither Parishes possessed any chapel or place of worship. The Parish priest in charge of this large area, had to celebrate Holy Mass midway between the Parishes, - hence the erection of a stone Altar between Ballinaglera and Glangevlin, became a necessity and to this day remains 'Cloc-an-t-Sagairt' a lasting memorial of the Faith and Devotion of the Irish people.

Once a Glangevlin man was talking to an old thatcher. The Angelus bell rang and the thatcher struck his breast and said
'' The Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. '' as that seemed to be all he knew.The Glangevlin man thought he would have a joke with him and asked '' Do you know from what country the Blessed Virgin came, Paddy? ''
'' I don't know, but she was not a Glangevlin woman anyway '' was the answer.

Tom McGovern who lived in the townland of Moneensauran in the parish of Glangevlin was a great storyteller.

CLOCH na CUIMILTEThis is a stone between Ballinaglera and Pottore. The cattle used to rub themselves to this stone.
POLL MÓRThis is a large hole on the mountain between Ballinaglera and Glangevlin.
ALLT FADAThis is a long rock between Ballinaglera and Glangevlin.
MÓINÍN ROCKis between Glangevlin and Ballinaglera.
LOG a' tSNEACHTA ?(pronounced Log a' Treachta) This is a place in Glangevlin where there is a deep hollow.
POLL LACHANThis is a hollow in Owen McGrail's land in Slievenakilla. The water remains in it and it is like a little lake.
(Séamus MacDhorchaidh collected the above place-names from his grand-father James McGourty, over 70 years of age, of Slievenakilla)

Nancy McGovern of Glangevlin walked to Lossar well and back in a day.
Frank Wynn of Slievenakilla walked barefoot to Co. Meath to hay-make.
Michael McGovern of Doonmackiver, Glangevlin, Co. Cavan walked to Swanlinbar and carried a pack of flour and a cwt. of meal on his back with him home.

especially on the last Sunday of July. If the day was good they danced and played games. Usually a large crowd assembled. Nowadays when people are coming from Mass they stand at this cross road and chat among themselves.There are heaps of stones or monuments to the dead on the old road that was in this district long ago. There were two men killed in this place so the heaps of stones were erected in memory of them.In penal times there was a "Mass Rock" on "Carraig-na-mada mountain which is between Glangevlin and Ballinaglera. There was a path leading from Ballinaglera to the "Mass Rock" and a path from Glangevlin to it. On these paths the people went to hear Mass and they were called "Mass Paths"

The following song was written by James McGuarty, who lived in the townland of Gub, in the parish of Glangevlin, Co Cavan'Glangevlin's Valley Fair'1.
You heavenly muses I pray excuse us
Of bards intrusion I mean to sing
Inspire my brain to write a theme
A feeble mind for to reveal
Glangevlin fair my hearts appeal
It is to record your dignity
Record your name, extend your fame
And set your suffering children free.2.
The sons so rare, I do declare
And are so handsome, as you may see
Thy daughters pure I can assure
For virtue faith and chastity
Go search this island o'er and o'er
And all around Britania fair.
And you will find no place
Where the saints can rest
Like sweet Glangevlin's valley fair.3.
There is fertile union for to be found
And a warm grasp for friendships hand
But charity doth here abound

Once Saint Patrick was staying with a woman someplace around Glangevlin. When he was going to bed he told the woman to stay up and wait for the cock to crow and call him

immediately. The blaze of the flax reached the roof which also burst into flames. In a moment the barn was a mass of flames, the wind blew the flames into the dwelling house which also caught fire . Every effort was made by the farmer and some neighbouring farmers to extinguish the flames but in vain. The barn and house were burned down completely.
A severe epidemic of influenza occurred in Glangevlin in October 1917. The severe weather during the year might be one of the causes. Soldiers coming home from the trenches of France may have carried the germs of this disease. Almost every family in the parish had patients suffering from Influenza. The schools had to be closed to prevent the spreading of the disease. A great many people died as a result of the 'flu.
In the year 1900 the fever was very common in Glangevlin. A great many people died as a result of it. Often times six or seven of the same family would have to be removed to hospital.

Local PoetsFrank McGovern and James McCaffrey were two great poets. Frank McGovern lived in the townland of Moneensauran in the parish of Glangevlin in Co. Cavan. He was born in the year 1891. He is in America at present. In the year 1925 he composed a song in memoriam of Rev. P J. DeLacy who was a school mate of his.James McCaffrey lives in the townland of Garvolt in the parish of Glangevlin in Co Cavan. He composed another song in memoriam of Rev. P J. DeLacy and one in memoriam of Frank Maguire.There are no stories told as to how they got the gift of poetry. There were no poets among their ancestors. They composed in English. They were farmers. They could read and write. Their songs are still sung locally.

The Old Graveyard'sThere is only one graveyard in Glangevlin parish. This graveyard is in existence as long as any living person remembers and as long as their fathers or Grand-father's remember. The grave is almost level but gently sloping to the North. The grave is of a rectangular shape and is a little over an acre in extent. There are a good many tombstones. Some of them erected a hundred years ago. There are no wooden or iron crosses. Some of the older tombstones were of a flag-like and rectangular shape and lay flat on the graves. Most of these are so old that the print on them can only be read with great difficulty, and in some cases the print cannot be read at all. All the other tombstones are erect. The graveyard is beside the Church. It is situated in the townland of Gub. The present was erected in the year 1856. The stones of the older Church were carried away to build the Parochial House, so there is no trace of the older Church, but its site was only a short distance, off (about sixty yards from the present Church and was in the same townland. It is believed that some priests were buried beneath the ruin of the old Church. Of course the site is now covered with green grass. There are no discused graves in the parish nor no tradition about such graves. There is no record of any unbaptised children and there was not, and their is not any special graves for such children. There is not story connected with the Glangevlin graveyard handed down.

to another Giant who said he could fight all the Giants in the world and Sam went out to fight him. This was only a trick the way he could say Mass. Then he said Mass at a stone in James McHugh's meadow in Glangevlin, Co Cavan, and there were a great many people present at it. It was just after that Mass that he got safe to say Mass then when ever he liked.

we shall call him Peter, that he would run into the town of Ballinamore in Co. Leitrim and be in it before Peter who would ride to the town on a horse.
They appointed a place, from which they started on their race the following day. Curran was in the town a long time before the other man and he won his bet.Great Walkers:- The people who lived in this locality, about thirty years ago, were great walkers. Men and women walked to Bundoran, a distance of thirty six miles, and they also walked to Lough Derg, in Co. Donegal, fasting and barefooted, a distance of forty miles. Mrs Arthur Devine, of Muineal, Bawnboy, Co. Cavan, often travelled to Glangevlin, a distance of fifteen miles.
She bought a basket of butter in Glangevlin, brought it home, and made it into rolls.

Mary Fitzpatrick, Cupanagh, Glangevlin was a great singer.
Nancy McGovern could lilt an eight-hand reel. Her favorite songs were "The Parting Glass" and also "Willie Reilly and his Colleen Bán". Willie Reilly used to serve Mass for the priests at Cloch an tSagairt when he was on his banishment.Mary Flynn (grandmother of the pupils Michael and Mary Flynn who collected the above) was a good singer. Her favorite song was "Cailín Deas Crúidhte na mBó". She used also to sing "Molly Bán a Stór". Another favorite song of hers was "The Temple at Swanlinbar". Mary Flynn, the singer, was a native of Glangevlin, Co Cavan. Her maiden name was McGovern. She was a sister of Rev. Michael McGovern, P.P. of Ballinaglera 1924-1927.Alice Gilrane of Tullynaha, Ballinaglera, was a good singer. Her favorite song was "Nora, the Pride of Co. Down".
John Cumisky of Tullyvacan, Ballinaglera, was a great storyteller.

Sometime ago there lived a blacksmith in the townland of Derrynatuon. He owned a cow and her name was "Gas Gaiblín". It is said that she used to travel to Longford and Meath and come home again at night to be milked. It has also been said that her udder was so large that it took a piece out of the mountain when coming home. The Gap is still to be seen on the mountain.The ruins of the Forge is to be seen along the shannon and also the ruins of an old mill which was working in those days. This is supposed to be the first forge that was built in Co. Cavan. The blacksmiths name was "Geiblin Gab". This is the way our parish derived the name Glangevlin which means the blacksmith's Glen. All townlands in Glangevlin are named in Irish. Curratavy means the land of rugged hills. Drumhuran means the old cow's back. The townland of Crea means a seive in English. Legnagrow means the wooded hollow. Mulley means a bray and upper mulley and lower mulley means the upper and lower bray. Gub means a birds beak.
Pádraig Ó Cuirnín
Rang a seacht

You heavenly muses I pray excuse
An humble bard's intrusion here,
Inspire my brain ye nymphs of fame
A people brave for to revere
Glangevlin's vale my heart's appeal
Is to record your dignity,
Extend they fame, extol thy name
And see thy noble children free.
II
Your sons so rare none can compare
For valour faith or chivalry,
Your daughters pure I can assure
For virtue love or modesty
Go search our Island o'er and o'er
And all around Britania rare
You'll find no sport where saints can rest
Like sweet Glangevlin's valley fair.
III
The towering heights of the Cuilcagh mountains
And Sliabh n Killa's rugged hills
All look in solemn grandeur down
And leave that vale more lovely still
From Limerick trace the Shamon's course
That noble stream majestic rare,
You'll find its birth and rising source
In Sweet Glangevlin's Valley fair.

to live with his aunt in Glangevlin in the parish of Killinagh County Cavan where he went to Tullinamoyle National School and completed his education. He was now "man able" and he went to Glasgow to earn a living. After spending three years as a gardener there he returned to Belfast with the thought of doing something for his country. He got a job as a train conductor in Belfast and after some time he came in contact wtih the I.R.B. leaders who on account of his being an eloquent speaker and a good organizor sent him to Dublin where the important leaders were. In 1907 there was an election in North Leitrim at which Séan gave great support to the Sinn Fein Candidate. He made speeches in several places including Manorhamiliton and Kiltyclogher but on account of the Hibernians being very strong he met with

7 Mr Myles Loughlin Greaghnafarna Ballinaglera Parish 8 Pat Gilmartin Stranagarvna Ballinaglera Parish 9 Mr Terence Cormack McGovern Glangevlin Parish 10 Mr Myles McGourty Stranagarvna Ballinaglera Parish 10 Miss Annie Mc Hugh Aughaguinea, Drumshanbo Co Leitrim
11 Felix Mc Portland Cornagella, Ballinaglera