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  1. The Penal Times

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    The Penal Times
    In the parish of Mullagh there is a townland called Corbally about four miles from Kiltormer. There is a Mass rock at that place. It stands on a hill about seven feet in height and there are four stone steps leading up to the rock. The people around there, say that during the Penal Times when the people were not allowed to practice their religion openly, there used to be Mass said there. There are furze bushes growing around the rock.
    Patrick Tierney, Ballydonagh, Kiltormers, Ballinasloe.

  2. Hedge-Schools

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    There was a hedge school in Corbally (1 1/2 miles from N.S.)
    The little field is still called the 'Master's Garden'.
    There wa a bush covered with [?] and in the day time, the pupils came and sat in shade of the big tree on a log of wood. The master used to make books himself as no one could afford to buy them. His name was Butler.

  3. Funny Story

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    few primroses and said "I'd like to see the Irish fairies" "what about them?" said a voice. She looked round. "I had better be going" she said "but I am afraid" she said. "The fairies follow the sun". "It's the moon the fairies follow" said a voice. Maggie looked. She saw thousands of rabbits spinning a huge trunk of a tree round and round as fast as a top. Looking closer she saw that the spinning wood was between a pair of boots as large as a dozen of the turf creels at home. Her eyes kept travelling up up and up the boots until she was looking over the tops of the tallest trees and lo there was a giant of a man stringing seaweed, his hat and clothes were made of seaweed and dilisk. "Its light I am making from my boots" he said. "Corbally lake is on the right and Lisadly on the left". "By my magic I can make light" he said. "I took the lakes with me when I was coming from Elphin. The rabbits here are making light. Full magic a head" he said to the rabbits and the two shoes looked like two awful fires.
    "The fairies will be coming soon" he said to Maggie. "Who are you?" said Maggie are

  4. Hedge-Schools

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    In the town-land of Corbally not far from where I live there was a hedge school where boys and girls were taught. Where the school was held was only a disused shed or barn.
    This school was taught by a man by the name of Master Treacy who was very well known in the district. The only payments he got was what the children contributed which was collected weekly or monthly. Reading, writing, simple sums and a book called the double spelling book was all that was taught in this school. Some Irish was spoken. Most of the writing was done on slate with slate pencil and some on

  5. Poets

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    in Corbally and was buried in Killomod about twenty five years ago.
    The brothers Mulhern of Creeve were also writers and their poetry appeared in the Press of their time and in Nugents and old Moore's Almanac. So far as it is known none of these families had any other writers.
    Two brothers named Michael and John Neary of Kiltrustan were excellent poets and were well educated. Their contributions owing to local tyranny were printed over pen names but local people appreciated their poems and preserved silence. Possibly the outstanding local poet of his period was John Neary born in Kiltrustan and died in Aughrim in 1912. He began writing to Almanacs in his twenty second year and during fifty years wrote on a great number of subjects ranging from national and love songs, to beautiful finished religious outpourings. As a well trained musician, mathematician, surveyor, Member,

  6. Poets

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    This like many another district had its poets and rhymers down through the years. The oldest was a man named Conroy who lived where a namesake kinsman now lives at the junction of three roads near Drinane. This writer was not very well educated but had a good grasp of local subjects and wrote a lot of love-songs probably at the request of other people. He also wrote a number of songs recording evictions and the shooting of landlords and their helpers. Little is now known of this writer beyond the tradition and a few snatches of his ballads. It is not known when he was born or when he died.
    Two brothers named Peter and Thomas Duignan, Corbally were good poets and flourished during during the years 1880 - 1912. Their verses partook of religious and national feelings and were well written. One of these Peter died in America and the other died

  7. Local Heroes

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    In this district there have been many men, who were famous walker, dancers, and singers.
    There was a great dancer living at Corbally, Killbrin, Kanturk - his name was Andrew Sullivan. His favourite dances were horn-pipes, jigs, and reels. He was also a great singer. All this family were also great dancers and musicians.
    Another great dancer was Jeremiah Riordan, who was a man travelling around the country. He had such a liking for dancing that he was

  8. Schools

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    If a Catholic happened to go he would be taught free while in the national he had a fee of 1/- a quarter.
    Fear of the Priest kept many Catholics from going to Cranville's school.
    The Masseys, Baylors, Ryalls, Laythums Delaneys of Corbally made up the Protestant section

  9. (gan teideal)

    “There are two lisses in this locality one is situated in Ballybrassil not far from Reddington Academy...”

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    There are two lisses in this locality and one is situated in Ballybrassil not far from Reddington Academy, and the other in Walterstown. They are not connected with one another, though they are somewhat similar in appearance. They are circular in shape, and consist of a single mound or embankment. The entrance into both is a narrow gap which might have served as a passage, when the lisses were been worked tilled.
    A story is told of two old men ho heard strange music in Walterstown lis or "Lis na Phooka," as it was called. In Ballybrassil lis an old resident was supposed to have seen a "Leprechaun" but seemingly got no crock of gold from him.
    A story is also told of a labourer who was hired to level a lis at Corbally After starting his day's work, at the embankment

  10. (gan teideal)

    “There is a story connected with Mr. Hollands liss in Ballymore.”

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    There is a story connected with Mr Hollands liss in Ballymore. He ploughed it, and set corn three times and it failed each time, and the fourth time he set it it grew. When he had it cut and stacked, it went on fire and he never had a bit of luck since (that) then. There are other lisses in Corbally Cove CO Cork, and there is a story about one (one) one of them.
    One night a man named Mr. Fennessy was dying, and another man whom they called "Bony-Rattler," was going for the priest for him. When he was coming home past the liss (at) about twelve o'clock or after he

  11. Roads

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    the main road of Leamlara to Watergrasshill to Ballinaglough and through the Mollies to Glengarriff to main road Cork Tallow.

    Warren was the Landlord of Ballycrana, Ballinaskeha and Corbally, Lisgoold. At first he was unpopular. In the land war Troy was evicted from Ballycrana. The landlord demanded his tenant to save his crops. When Troy was evicted an emergency man took over the farm and Warren supplied the best of seed for the farm. The emergency man was fond of drink and sold the good seed to the neighbouring farmers for little or nothing. Warren seeing things going against him toned down and began to help his tenants and became popular.

  12. St James' Holy Well - Croagh

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    through neglect. It is dedicated to St. James the Apostle and was a famous well at one time. I am going to tell a true story of its healing powers through the intercession of St James. About 75 years ago my grandfather James Sheahan lived in Clonshire.
    His nephew Patrick Kennedy, Corbally, Shanagolden used to spend his holidays with him. He was in college to be a priest and had passed all his examinations. One thing was keeping him back from being a priest and that was a lump on his face near the ear. As he was coming over one time to spend his holidays in Clonshire he met an aged woman on the road about half a mile west of Croagh. She looked at his face and told him to pay rounds at St. James' Well, Croagh and to have a little boy by the name of James with him, for three mornings before sunrise. She asked him for some help as she was very poor. He had but one

  13. (gan teideal)

    “Between Gort and Crevagh in the parish of Quin and a famous highwayman called "The Black Terror”

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    Between Gort and Crevagh in the parish of Quin and a famous highwayman called "The Black Terror"used to ply his trade .he used to rob the coaches on their way from Galway to Limerick .At last he was caught tried and hanged in Limerick Jail.Many years after when the coaches had ceased to run and when the old stage houses or taverns had fallen into ruins, a vanman ,who used to bring goods from Limerick and who used deliver them in the villages on the same route, was out late one night on his van on his way from Crusheen to Kilkishen where he used halt for the night.it was between one and two o'clock in the night ,when after passing the hurlers cross and was making through Corbally near Creveagh he heard the loud clashing of horses hoofs galloping after him .he pulled in ,to let the horseman pass and giving a look back ,he saw a horseman coming on at full gallop ,the rider was dressed in black clothes with a long cloak that almost covered him .His face also seemed to be almost covered,

  14. (gan teideal)

    “Between Gort and Crevagh in the parish of Quin and a famous highwayman called "The Black Terror”

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    Great was his surprise when the horseman having coming alongside the van ,dismounted and tied the horse to a tree nearby ,then quickly overtaking the van ,which by now pulled out on the road to continue the journey ,he jumped up on the Dicky and sat by the side of the van driver without saying a word.The van driver greatly surprised wished him "Good night" and asked him how far he was going but he got no answer .Greatly terrified he drove on.Coming out of the Corbally Grove ,he was greatly surprised to see a house in the distance well lighted up ,although he knew there were no houses on the roadside until he came to the top of the hill .When they arrived before the lighted up house ,the stranger motioned him to stop and to get down.he then motioned him to drive into what seemed a large well paved yard.The yardman unharnessed his horse ,put him into a stable and otherwise attended to him.The stranger motioned him again to come into the house ,They entered and came into a large room with wooden benches around the walls

  15. A Story

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    10-V1-'38 A Story.
    There lived in this locality many years ago two men named Pewter and Lacey.Lacey was a clapper -a man who used go out early every morning to keep the birds out of the crops.One morning Pewter went out with Lacey and brought his gun.As they were approaching Corbally fort Lacey saw what he thought was a pheasant in a white thorn bush .He told Pewter to fire but pewter could't see the bird so Lacey took the gun himself and fired. He shot the bird but when he went to pick it up there was nothing there but a lump of froth of a whitish colour .The following night Lacey was taken suddenly ill and had to be sent to Gawra Hospital, Tulla stricken with fever .One night while in the hospital four men brought a coffin into the room and pick the grains of shot of the body .This he did and next morning he

  16. A Ghost Story

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    A Ghost Story.
    14.6.'38 Once upon a time there lived in Corbally ,Quin .a man named Captain Stackpool Mahon.He had a large farm on which he kept a large number of dairy cows.There was one particular white cow who on some occasions used to fill a large bucket with milk,but on other occasions ,had less than a third of the same bucket.The dairymaid complained to her master about this ,remarking that someone should be milking the cow.After that they started to watch the cow.No one could see a human being milking the cow.After about three weeks however the dairymaid herself undertook to keep vigil .Her patience was at last rewarded .She was sitting quietly behind a hawthorn bush .Her hair stood on her head when she beheld a hare carrying a bucket and approaching the cow .When she was sure that her eyes had not deceived her ,she stole away to tell her master .In a short space of time he was down to the farmyard

  17. A Ghost Story

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    carrying a loaded gun.There he beheld the hare milking the cow with its foremost paws.he took careful aim and fired.The hare jumped and ran out of the yard and in quick succession he fired two more shots ,but to no avail.The hare escaped untouched.he visited Biddy Early and she advised him to use quicksilver in his gun instead of powder .he watched again ,and on the occasion of the hare's next visit to the cow he fired at her and wounded her ,but though bleeding profusely she got away.he trailed her for about a mile, and her tracks led him to farmer's house .He entered and the sight he beheld caused him many a sleepless night .In the centre of the floor stood a bed ,and on it lay a woman whom he knew .She was bleeding from the results of the quicksilver.He knew his work was done ,as indeed it was,for never again was the milk missing.
    This was told to me by,Mary Meehan ,Corbally. Quin, Co. Clare.

  18. A Ghost Story

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    A Ghost Story
    A man named Brian O’Brien was out shooting in Corbally Fort one night. As he was coming out of the fort he saw a crowd of men coming towards him riding on horses. He hid near a gap and let the horses pass. The man who was riding the last one had a beautiful lady before him on the horses. As he was passing, Brian pulled the lady from him and took her home with him. She didn’t speak a word to him. He went to the fort that night twelve months again. He wasn’t long there when he heard somebody talking in a cave. He looked in and saw three old women sitting by a fire. The first said, “This night twelve months Brian O’Brien took our beautiful lady from us.” The other said, “What good is she to him? She will never speak to him.” “She will speak to him if she gets three drops from that bowl on the dresser,” said the third old woman. When Brian heard that he ran into the cave and took the bowl. He gave three drops to the lady when he went home. She then spoke

  19. The Hungry Grass

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    thing to eat .All she could find was a sweet ,so she ate it and became all right again.When she returned home she told her parents about it .They said that it was the "Hungry Grass"that she got.
    This story was told to me by Mary Mac Mahon,Corbally, Quin,
    County Clare.

  20. A Hidden Treasure Story

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    As you go into Corbally from Ballymacaw you will see a large farm house on the left side of the road. As you go on you will see a gate on the right hand side. When you go into the field, look south and you will see a mound. this mound is about fifteen feet by five feet and about one and a half feet high. Under this a crock of gold is said to be hidden.
    It is said that in a field near the mound there was a house owned by a man called Wise Power. He hid the money. There are some things to be done to get it. You must be digging between midnight and half past twelve. Also you must be ready for an attack because there is a bull supposed to be guarding it.
    Somebody went there one night but the bull chased him away.