Then ho, for the west wind, for oh, 'tis the best wind to save all poor fishers from dree;
And raise high chorus, Kilmore lies before us,
With our boat full of spoil from the sea.Patrick McCall the author of the above lines spent while in the summer in Kilmore on several occasion. He stayed in Baldwinstown.

on Christmas morning of the year 1655 and was buried in Tomhaggard. His successor, Rev Richard Norton 1655-1682 was highly esteemed by Bishop Wadding. Venerable Peter Devereux Archdeacon of Ferns was appointed P.P. of Kilmore in 1751 and laboured for forthy three years. He lived at Ballyhealy and saved up all that he could spare with a view of founding a Catholic College for the Diocese, but his bequest in 1794 was not made available for twenty five years owing to the penal enactments and legal technicalities.Very Rev Andrew Corish was P.P. from 1794 to 1808. He built the present Church of Kilmore a fine solid structure which has stood well for over a century. It was commenced in 1798 and was completed in 1802.

Saltee Islands.At the north end of the Saltee Islands there is a collection of rocks and soil called the Devils Bit. The Devil carried this bit of soil from Tipperary, because St. Patrick chased him out of Ireland, he picked up a mouthful of Tipperary, and kept it in his mouth until he came to the sea. The devil ran through Kilmore with a fearful rattling of chains in the middle of the night, and when he came to the sea at Kilmore Quay he started to swim and at the Saltee Islands he threw the bit out of his mouth. And ever since that spot is called The Devils Bit.Told by Mr. J. Furlong. Ballyharty,Co. Wexford

Kilmore Quay - The SeaOne fine summers' evening all the fishermen in Kilmore Quay were out fishing, and all of a sudden p comes a man riding a white horse, without a saddle or bridle, across the calm sea, to the place where they were fishing. The fishermen got a fright, when they saw the apparition making for them. but when he came near them he put his hand to mouth and shouted loudly "Ashore" "Ashore" and then disappeared. Most of the fishermen made for the shore as fast as they could, but a few waited to get to their nets first. The ones who went for the harbour the first minute had barely got in when a storm arose, the likes of which was never heard tell of before and wrecked all the boats

Customs - Funeral CustomsIt has long been customary in Kilmore parish for the chief mourners at all funerals to carry wooden crosses and place them on or at the foot of a hawthorn bush or ash tree convenient to the cross roads nearest to the graveyards towards which the funeral wends. It;s sorrowful way so at the present day their can be seen a number of small wooden crosses at places called Brandycross and Sarshill a short distance from the ancient graveyard of Grange Kilmore. These crosses are made out of the pieces of wood remaining over from the (?) out of which the coffins are made. The crosses are a couple of feel high and are painted in various

An old man named Peter Walsh of Moorfield was coming home from work one night when he met the fairies. They all gathered around him and they told him that they were bringing him home. He could see his own cottage all the time, It was about a quarter of a mile from where he worked. He kept travelling for hours with the fairies, thinking he was coming home all the time. Their voices were so friendly that he thought he knew them all. They would say to him; "Now Peter, we will be home soon". They had travelled as far as Kilmore Chapel when it struck twelve. The fairies immediately left him on the steps of Kilmore Chapel. He soon fell asleep and about five o'clock the next morning he was found there. He did not know where he was and he was brought home in a cart, as he was a bit lame and carried a stick.

usual did not find her.
Shortly after this she sailed in an open boat from Kilmore with her child and a vessel brought from France took her on board in the open sea.
The same night Curracloe strand was being guarded by soldiers and their friends as it had previously been reported she was to sail from there and in the mean time she sailed safely from Kilmore.
She reached France where her husband Captain Thomas Dixon was, both went to New York where they are both buried.

The local roads are known as the following:- "Mullahara", "Anyaulty", "Killaleen Lane", "Clones Road", "Rosefield Road", and "Kilmore Lane".
The "Mullahara Road" runs from the "Roslea Road" to the "Ballinode Road". The "Anyaulty Road" runs from the "Roslea Road" to a cross known as "Woods's cross" about a quarter of a mile from Ballinode. The "Killaleen Lane" runs from the main road to the "Rosefield Road" The "Clones" road runs from Monaghan to Clones the main Road. The "Roslea Road" runs from the "Clones Road" to Roslea. The "Ballinode Road" runs from Scotstown passing through Ballinode to Monaghan. The "Rosefield Road" runs from Ballinode to the "Clones Road" at a bridge known as the "White Bridge" "Kilmore Lane" runs from the "Rosefield Road" to the "Roslea Road".
There is a lane in my district known as "Killaleen Lane". This is a very old lane. There are not many people living at present who can tell when it was made.

It is said there were houses in many places in Kilmore parish about 100 years ago, where there are now no traces whatever of habitation.
There are the ruins of a castle called Lismore Castle
It is situated on the Lismore estate, now owned by Miss Burrowes. The Castle belonged to the Nesbitt family, about 200 years ago. There is now no trace of the family in this part of the Country except a tombstone in Kilmore Cemetery inscribed with the name Nesbitt. The castle is a walls only are standing and there are broken down in many places. In the Castle yard

Tragedy.There was a priest living in Kilmore in the time of Cromwell 1649-50. Cromwell had a hatred for Catholics as he was another religion so he killed any catholic he could catch.
This Priest was in ambush in a field near Sarshill as he heard Cromwell was near.
He hid in the bushes.
There was a man who was very fond of money Cromwell asked him did he know where the priest was hiding and he told on the priest. Of course he received a reward. Cromwell hanged the priest in an elm tree at the place called Cullen's Cross near "Sarshill". It is since called "Gallows Green" about a quarter of a mile from Kilmore Village.Above material supplied by,
Mr. John Devereux,
Ballask,
Kilmore,
Co. Wexford

Local - Song
The Beauty of Kilmore
On pleasure bent one lovely day
As the small birds sang with glee,
To old Drumsna I made my way,
The aquatic sports to see.
As I did pass I spied a lass,
With her shoulder to the door.
Down in Killbride she does reside.
She's the beauty of Kilmore.
II
Her chin is whiter than the foam on the Bay of Biscay. O.
Her cheeks are like the rose at home that in her garden grows.
Her teeth are all unique and small.
Like diamonds shining oer,
And native thou art partial
To the beauty of Kilmore
III
I have seen the Hebrew and the Dutch,
The CHinese and Hindoo.
The maids of Athens gifted much.
But to give laudation due,
I never have seen although I've been,
On many a foreign shore.
More gifts combined by Nature kind
Than the Beauty of Kilmore

There is a Dolman of the four maol ie Servants who were hanged at Ardnaree the hill of execution which overlook Ballina + were buried within the Dolman on the opposite side of the river St Patrick uncovered Dolman at Manulla. Their name was the murder of Ceallac Bishop of Kilmore Moy in the 6th century

In the village of Drumsna a man named Mr Thomas Daly was a great handballer and carried many championships and prizes in various parts of the country even as far as Limerick city. Mr Daly was also partnered by Mr William Dalrymple familiarly known as Wille Dal., who lived in the house now occupied by Miss McBride. On the locall ballcourts those great athletes never saw defeat although tested by many such as Willie Murphy of Gorbagh and Paddy Reynolds of Carton Kilmore, and also

There lived in Kilmore House just beside this school a man named James Lawder. He was a landlord and went out collecting his rents as was then the custom. This day he was on his rounds as usual, and he was detained a little beyond the scheduled time. In those days they carried the money in a leather bag either around the neck or in the hand. On his way home he called at a friend's house down at Corlara. There he was advised not to take his money home that night as there were so many highway robbers about. He left his bag in safe keeping there, and started for Kilmore.
The robbers dressed up in what was then called the Bulloch House. It was an old lady called Moll Ward mother of the late Henry Hogg Corlara who dressed them. As the robbers were on their way they met a man going from rambling. They suspected he would inform on them so they forced him to go with them to demand the money. They were armed and they threatened to shoot Lawder if he did not forfeit his rents. This he could not do as he had not the money in the house. They then pointed the gun and aimed at Lawder. As they did so this man whom they commandeered put up his hand before the gun to prevent the shots reaching Lawder. The shots went off and the four fingers were blown off this man. The fingers and the blood splashed against the wall, and despite many efforts to erase it remained there until very recently.
There was a general search for the murderers, and the missing fingers gave them the clue. After being days and days

A Fairy StoryOne time a man called James Brennan lived in a townland called Moneyduff in the parish of Kilmore. He owned a fairly large farm, as he had the whole townland to himself. This place is only about three miles from Kilmore School. On one side of the farm was a lake known as Ballagh Lake. On the farm and near the dwelling house was a great big forth. About two hundred yards away on a neighbouring farm were two great forths. Beside both forths were old ruins which went to prove that people were living there some time before.
This man had probably nine or ten cows, In spring-time the cows calved. When letting out those young calves for the first few days it is usual to tie them to some stick or hold-fast. This is done to keep them from running too much, or to keep them from running into a drain and so getting lost.
This particularly fine sunny day this man took out his calves and tied them to a stake on the hill. There were four calves in it and each was tied to a different

from Kilmore not far from Ballyforan. The night of the big wind was about 80 years ago there were a great many houses knocked down also cocks of hay, there was a great many people lost on sea and the people used to have to put weights on the roofs of their houses trying to keep them down because they had thatched houses (in the olden times) and the houses were made of clay made into mortar and the rods were made of sticks so it was easy to blow them away.

name was Mrs McDonnell. The bogs moved from Kilmore not far from Ballygar. The night of the big wind was about eighty years ago there were a great many houses knocked down also cocks of hay and a great many people were lost on sea and the people used to have to put weights on the roofs of their houses trying to keep them down because they had thatched houses in the olden times and the houses were made of clay made into mortar and

Upton
on the High Road.Sundays well.
(up on the side of the cliff marked by stone with a cross on it.) No saint connected with it. Mass was said here in 1929 by Fr. O' Connor US.P.Lady's Well.
Near Sunday's well connected with the B. V. M.*Murphy's well Kilmore.
Hawthorn bush growing over it. Superstition if you break bit off haw thorn well will go dry. There is supposed to be a fairy eel in well, and you will get your request if he appears. People made rounds here about 60 years ago.Sheehans well.
Tobar na Lice. Holy well also in Kilmore.
[?]Calitrum with hawthorn bush also. *The stream out of Murphy's well is Srutainín na Leamnheachta (new milk). It is said that the gold Diarmud Stutha McCarthy stole from the Bank in Kinsale (1725?) was buried "idir Srutainín na Leamneacta agus Crois a leanaibh"Murphy Kilmore

1. "The White Lady" is supposed to haunt the black quarry in Kilpatrick. She is supposed to be seen crossing the road on a moon light night. The tradition is that a horse bolted on the Macroom road, and that the girl driving it was killed at the Black Quarry.
2. Sally Liston or Glliston was said to appear between Croisín na Gadair and The Cross in Gurteen. She was seen there in the evening combing her long black hair. She was said to be a witch.
3. There is a big boghole in Curtin's bogs at KIlmore. It is called "Coilleach an Adhscar". It is said that a burning cock once fell out of the Sky and went down through the ground here. It is said that there is no bottom to the bog hole.
4. A ghost was supposed to haunt the Kilmore road below Murphys. There is a story told that a certain man went every evening to Ballinacurra drinking. One evening the men of the place decided that one of them would dress up as the ghost to give him a fright. The man dressed up and waited at the haunted ground. As the night passed the man who had been drinking returned but said that he saw nothing strange on the road.

forces.
KILMORE is adjacent to Rattoo and has a well-known strand. Among those attainted for their part in the Desmond Rebellion was Maurice Browne of Kilmore (at the Seven Churches)The ancient name of Rattoo was Rath Maghe Tuaiscirt, the rath or fort of the northern plains. This was to distinguish it from Rath Magha Deiscirt, or Rathass near Tralee. In time it is probable that the Maghe was dropped and that the place was callled Rath Tuaiscirt or northern fort from which came the modern Rattoo.
ROUND TOWER -Rattoo Round Tower is the only one of the four that were known to exist in Kerry and is in a good state of preservation. It was divided into six storeys or chambers, the top one containing four apertures facing the cardinal points. The tower is ninety-two feet high and the walls are of roughly squared hammered sandstone, the entrance doorway being chiselled.