John Madigan was the best runner in the district of Ballyagran. He lived about a mile at the other of Ballyagran. He used to run from Ballyagran to Ráth Luirc in three-quarters of an hour.

There are two holy wells in the parish of Ballyagran. St Gobnait well. A woman carried water from St Gobnait's well many years ago. She could not boil the water, and it is said that the well removed that night. A woman quiet near the well began to bleed from her nose. She sent one of the servants to the for moss. When the servant came home with the moss. She put it to the woman's nose and immediately the blood stopped.
Our Lady's well
Our Lady's well is quiet near Ballyagran. Many people go there the 15th of August to take away sores or cuts from their faces. Mr O Brine Ballyagran had a very sore face and he was cured. People pay rounds all day on the 15th of August.

Many years ago there lived in Ballyagran three men whose names were Tom Blake and Phill Sheehan and Jack Delee. One day Tom Blake bought a new mowing machine it was the first machine invented. Phill used to work for Tom. One day Tom Blake was cutting a field of hay, the machine went out of order. He sent Phill over to Delee's house to do whatever work he was doing and to tell Delee to come to him to the meadow to fix the machine. When Phill arrived at Delle's house Delee was in bed. The wife called Jack. When Jack got up, he saw Phill taking off his boots he asked Phill why had he take off his boots. The Master told me to do whatever

No. 1 A teacher named Johny Creagh taught in his own house at Rusheen, Ballyagran, Co. Limerick, about fifty years ago. His pupils were taught reading and writing and simple arithmetic.
No. 2 There was a school where the present national school is now and a man named O'Sullivan taught there. O'Sullivan was the first Principal Teacher in the National School which was built in 1849.

There was a ford across the Maigue at Drewscourt (East) West and it is possibly from this that Ballyagran gets its name. In Irish it is Béal Átha Grean, the mouth of the gravel ford.There was another ford where Shallow Bridge now stands. This was across the Shalow, a feeder of the Maigue.

Once upon a time there was a priest living in Ballyagran Co.Limerick. He was a parish priest. There was an old man living near him in from the roads a couple of fields. One night the old man got suddenly ill. When the priest got an account he was in bed, but he got up and dressed himself and he went out and put the saddle on his horse. Nearly all priests had horses that time. There was no bicycle or motor that time. When he went to the old man's house the old man was dying. When the old man was dead the priest went away, and he was not gone far when he had to get off of his horse to open a gate. There was an old house near and he heard someone singing inside. When the song was finished a big black dog walked out and the priest cursed the song.

A great, big, brawny blacksmith known as Martin Gabha (Carroll) used to go to the “Fair of the Well” (Debarah's Well) in the parish of Ballyagran and also to the fair of Dromin (Cattle fair 11th Feb – 14th Dec). His battle cry was “Here is Carroll O'Gorman or otherwise Martin Gabha”. He carried two big black-thorn sticks and a frieze coat. When the battle cry was raised he used to pull the coat after him in the puddle. Whoever would stand on the tail of the coat would hear from the sticks. A whole faction followed which meant that two bulls would start the fight and the owners would try to separate them but other would not leave them and the owners would start to fight each other and then others would follow their leader and the faction would begin.
This faction was called “Three-year olds and four year olds”. (Fighting) Another man came from

The people for whom they thatch prepare it for them. They are paid 5s " 6d each day for thatching. Sometimes they work outside the district. John O'Gorman of Ballyagran was a famous thatcher a good many years ago. He used to thatch for many people in his lolacity and he was well known as a thatcher outside his own district His son was also a famous thatcher some few years ago.
Forge Work.
Con Brosnan of Castletown had a forge. He used to repair ploughs, gates, machines and iron parts of cars. He was able to make bands for wheels, shovels, cranes, tongs and forks. He is dead for the past twenty years. Dan O'Shea, Pound Lane, Ballingarry was a famous forge worker. He used to

A Song
It was a fine day in the middle of May
As I walked on my way to Rathkeal's Athletic grounds
And I saw them jumping round me like heroes out of bounds
With one wild hurray they said it was a day
When Croom boys beat Newcastle
At Rathkeal's Athletic Grounds
II
There will be thousands down from Ashford, Ballyagran and Monages
There will be hundreds from Askeaton and the same from Ballyea
Every lad will know his lassie
And the pitch they will be found
When the broom boys beat Newcastle at Rathkeal's Athletic ground.