There was a very cruel tyrant living somewhere east of Kilmallock long ago. His name was Webb and he brought "the curse of the crows" on himself. A priest it was that cursed him with a dreadful curse saying that he'd never die until the crows had the flesh pecked off him. The cursed men retired soon with some disability or disease and remained confined in his room. Strangely enough the crows were seen flying in through the window for years afterwards.

There were some men from this locality going to the fair of Kilfinane on the night of October the 24th. It was a little after midnight when as they were passing Skeacature gate on the Bruree-Kilmallock road a hunt dashed across the road and on through the fields. About a mile farther east near Slattery's moat the same hunt again crossed in front of them.

(Continued from page 11)At Mrs Dillon's funeral to Mainister-an-Aonaugh from Croona Church Pat Allen favoured me with a drive and the following: "I marched in there (Boithrín na cac muice, page 3) on over the stepping stones (on the Camóg) one night in 67. There was a good muster of us, good hardy united men. We went by Boherard to Kilmallock Hill (apparently to assist in the Barrack attack there). We had to come back and keep quiet. Fony Carroll did the dirty work on them (the Fenians) and after Kilmallock I went to Shanavoka Church (graveyard - 3½ miles south-west of Croom) and dug up Fony and put it (the coffin) out on the roadside. They say he was buried in eighteen churches (graveyards attached to ruined churches are commonly called churches, here and elsewhere) and never left in any of them. I believe in the end that he was buried for good in Shanavoka. There was never a word from any one about who dug him out from among the decent neighbours though every one knew about it.Miss Guare (Cuid I) says: "My grandmother was 15 years of age at the time the Bolands were burned. She came from the Maigue (this statement from a lady who lives within 1½ miles of that river!) and I heard my mother telling how she - that is my grandmother came to the Cross to see the slaughter. (that is when it was all over of course) She used to say how the Boland

The gyooscadawn = ? An gúscadán. The name of a small tract of farm belonging to Mr. Hart of Cooleen, Kilmallock. A sort of corcass or river meadow with a remnant of wood thrown in.

There is a castle in Mount Blakeney and it belonged to the Blakeneys. there is only a small portion of the walls now standing. it was a big castle and it slength is about 24 feet by 22 wide. The Blakeney's intermarried with the Normans. they are buried in Kilmallock protestant churchyard. they field where the castle is built on is very hilly. there is a small little island near the castle.

Speaking of athletes puts me in mind of Patrick Meade of Ballingaddy Kilmallock. Several of the old people gave me tales of the great strength of this man.
The present account is given by Mr David O'Connell Ardpatrick Kilmallock (farmer).
On one occasion Meade came for the loan of a rolling stone to Bohernagore to a farmer named Thomas Lillis.
The stone weighed nearly 5 cwts & lay in a field near by. Meade walked out to the field & to the astonishment of all uprooted (?) the stone, put his shoulder under it & walked away over the fields towards his home which lay about ¾ of a mile away. On his journey he had to pass over several double ditches.
Tis also said that on arriving at his home & seeing one of his boys trotting a horse which was being inspected by a buyer, & not liking the way the animal was being led, he himself seized the reins & took two turns up & down

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On another occasion the strong man Pat Meade previously referred to was taking a cartload of stuff from Kilmallock. The cart was heavily loaded & in passing over the road bridge which leads over the railway close to the station, the horse, frightened by the smoke from a passing train, backed down the rather steep roadway & when it stopped at the bottom of the incline refused to budge. The horse was what is locally called a 'sulker'.
Meade unharnessed the animal, got between the shafts & without the help of anyone drew the loaded cart over the bridge, and, having replaced the horse, proceeded on his way.
The weight on the cart was such that few among the onlookers could even move it sideways by pulling at the shafts not to speak of drawing it up such a steep incline.
Pat Meade lived in Farran, Ballingaddy, Kilmallock & I got the tale from

John Clery of Gibbinstown, Bulgaden mowed an Irish acre and three quarters (134 I.acres) from 8 o'clock in the morning to six in the evening.Michael O'Brien, Ballycullane, Bulgaden.Patrick Webb of Water St. Kimallock walked to Limerick (20 mls) and back in twelve hours. He started to walk at 'cow-time' in the morning and was home when they were going to the cows in the evening.Eugene Corkery of Martinstown walked to the races at Banogue and back again.The Doctor in Kilmallock (deceased) rode to Cork (40 mls) and back on a bicycle with solid tyres. He had only the use of one hand riding as the other was tied up. He went in the morning and returned on the same day - D.r. P.J.Clery, Kilmallock

A field near Kilmallock church known as the rock-field contains three large flat rocks. These rocks were supposed to have been thrown from black-rock mountain by one giant Sampson. There was a Bishop hung in this field long ago, and a white black-bird was often seen in former times flying over the field.

Cnoc-samhna (Knocksouna) is a hill on the south of Kilmallock. There is an opening in the side of the hill and a person could enter it. Often, at night-time a hunt in full cry has been heard round about the hill.

One day when my father and Mick Connors were coming home from the town of Kilmallock they had to pass a grave yard called Kilbreedy. Two men came out of the grave yard and took them in. They asked my father to sing a song, and he sang the Bard of Armagh, then

Gort na MuiceThere lived in a cottage near Mr. James Garvey’s House in Ballingoola, Grange Kilmallock a woman named Peggie Carroll. Peggie died about 32 years ago. When she was young she was employed by Mr. Peacock Ballingarde which is situated about 6½ miles south of Limerick City on the main road between Limerick and Kilmallock. She was born quite near Mr. Peacock’s house.Opposite Peacock’s house on the western side of the main road and quite near to Tobar na n-Amhrán in the hollow is situated Gort na Muice. When Peggie was working at Peacock’s she often saw the “Daoine Maithe” or “The Good People” hurling in Gort na Muice. In fact some weeks she saw them there twice a week.At this time there lived in Skule, which is about two miles west of Gort na Muice – a famous hurler named Renihan, and

Dr Hely and Father O'Rourke were both of the Franciscan Order. The were hanged at Kilmallock at the back of the church in a field still called Párc an Chrochta. Their bodies remained suspended for fourteen days to be used as targets by the soldiers.

The forge road is situated between Athlacca and Kilmallock. How it was called the forge road, there was a forge at the cross. There was a row of mud Cabins in that road but there is no trace of them now. In one of those Cabins there was Gambling every night until 12 or 1 o'clock. One of the men that used be present at the Gambling had to walk a

1613 to 1639. At the North Eastern corner of the nave is a round tower thickly clad with ivy.
It is fifty feet in height with walls five feet in thickness. It is five feet in diameter. The tower is believed to be an Irish Cloictheac.Note: In the original document there is a photograph of a "View near Water Gate Bridge, Kilmallock. This cannot be reproduced here.Kilmallock was a walled town in the time of the Anglo Normans. Two of the gates now remains:- Blossom's Gate and Water Gate.

Weldon was as hated as Coote. One poor fellow, Stephen Cronin is in Limerick Asylum through him to this day - and he was then no more mad than I am! Cronin used to attend to Weldon when he took his Turkish Baths and one day when he had heated him well he said to himself: "I might as well go and have my breakfast now." When he went back he found Weldon burnt to death. They said he was afterwards seen riding a white horse through Ashill and disappearing when he came to a certain mound which bears to-day the name of "The Pony's Cross"The White Knight's lands formed part of Coote's estates. A rock beside the River Loobagh marks the site of the White Knight's Castle, and it was believed that from the Castle to the Abbey there ran a secret passage in which gold and treasures were hidden. Whewn Kilmallock was sacked in the days of James Fitzmaurice and Cromwell the gentry were supposed to have hidden their vast treasures in or about the Castle. Of course in Coote's days none dared to tamper with that passage. But some years ago under the direction of a prominent Kilmallock man (Mr. John O'Sullivan) a search was made. A flash of fire and the wicked eyes of a bull drove the seekers of treasure from the place.In the Famine day's Coote gave his starving tenants indian meal, which nearly poisoned them

The Beliefs of the People.The people of Kilmallock and around Kilmallock have a very strong belief which is supposed to be true.
For instance if a person died and another person who was coming home from the funeral visited a sick person, the sick person is supposed to die soon after.
A man lay in bed ill. Returning from a funeral two neighbours called to see him. When they had gone he said the following words "Don't worry any more for me as I am finished".
He died a few days later.

A Legend of Kilmallock AbbeyOne day when the boys were at school, the teacher was teaching them the history of Kilmallock Abbey, and he told them that there was a tunnel running underground from the Abbey to the Protestant Church.That night two boys made up their minds to go, and search for the tunnel. That night at twelve o'clock they went over to the Abbey, and they found the entrance to the tunnel. They opened it, and went in a couple of yards, and they saw very queer looking men moving about inside.
They got such a fright that they ran all the ways to Bruff.A few nights after this there was a terrible bright light seen in the Abbey. When the people looked out their back windows they saw the

The Headless CoachOne night two girls whose names were Mary Treacy and Nora Treacy, were walking the road which leads from Kilmallock to Ballingaddy.As they approached Ardvullan, which is about a mile from Kilmallock, it was nearly twelve o'clock so they said they would walk a bit quicker. When they had walked a couple of perches Mary stood still on the road, and Nora asked her what was wrong and Mary asked Nora had she heard the queer sound, and Nora said she had not, so they walked on another couple of perches.Then Nora heard the queer sound too, so they walked still quicker. But the sound became louder and louder, and the they discovered that the sound was coming out Ardnullan passage. So they said they would run across the passage gate. As they were passing the gate they saw a big coach coming out

Fairy-FortsThere are not many fairy-forts in my district.There's a fairy-fort about two and a quarter miles south of Kilmallock. The fairy-fort is owned by Michael Dolan, Ballingaddy Kilmallock Co. Limerick.The are not many trees growing around it because a number of them were cut down.I have heard that one day this man went to the fort to cut down a tree. The morning after when he awoke from his sleep his eyebrows and the hair of his head had fallen off. Ever since bad luck always upon him.