The local Poets were Paddy Cullen and John MacDonnell. Paddy Cullen lived in Derrycarne gatehouse and John MacDonnell lived in Gubbegrofey in Co. Leitrim. Cullen was about 70 years old when he died and MacDonnel was about 80 years old. Paddy Cullen helped to make up Lucy Webb. These poets were farmers. The local people looked on them as very witty people. Their songs are sung locally.

During the Penal Days there was a very cruel enemy of the Catholics living in Manorhamilton. His name was Carney Cross Cullen and he had a body of men and they were known as the "Shanagans." Cullen and his men were pursuing a Catholic Curate that lived in Manorhamilton to kill him. One day They were coming out of the road, that leads to Glencar and Cullen suddenly saw the priest walking up and down inside of the road ditch reading his office. Cullen pointed him out to the Shanagans and told them to attack him at once but not one of them could see him and consequently the priest was not attacked. Soon after that Cullen had a conversation with the curate and the former said "I could catch you on Monday only that my men couldn't see you." The priest was astonished as he knew that nobody that wasn't baptised by a Catholic priest could see him on that

Murrisk or Muirisc (sea shore marsh) gave its name to the barony. Manannan sailed over “Cuan Módh”. His huntsman Cullen let loose his hounds from among the islands in the bay to pursue a wild ferocious boar. After a long chase the boar was overtaken but he killed the hounds in the Lake now called “LOC CONN” while Cullen was drowned in the neighboring lake called now “Lough Cullen.”Maev, Connacht's famous Queen is said to have been called “Maev of Murrisk” and to have granted the district to a tribe of the Firbolgs.

The old people tell a story about the Cullen forge, but a story

Cullen graveyard.

There once lived in Cullen a family of

Saint Inneen is the patron of this parish of Dromtariffe. She is venerated on May the 6th. She is said to be a sister of Saint Latern of Cullen and also of Saint Lasser who is venerated in the parish of Kilmeen, Bherbrue. The patron day of St. Latern is the 26th of July but there is no special day for the veneration of Saint Lasser. On the 6th of May a pattern is held in Dromtarriffe but the pattern is held on Sunday for Saint Latern in Cullen. In olden times the patter was held on the 24th of July in Cullen but a local dispute changed the date of the gathering to the Sunday. Local tradition says that (Inginbrude) Inginbuide had also the fire gift like St Latern and that Saint Berehear who had the gift of fireproof also dwelt in Cullen before going to Tullylease Co. Limerick. Inginbuide is the only one of the three sisters who is said to have been the only one who lived with St Bereheart. The Dromtariffe well is famed for curing all kinds of disease

This is the story of Saint Latern of Cullen [is well known]. Three sisters lived in Cullen in old times. They were children of the same father and mother but they did not all live together. The eldest lived at Kilmeen, the other at Dromtariffe and Latern lived in Cullen. Laterrin lived in her little cell near the old churchyard in Cullen. She spent her time in praying and we are told speaking to the angels. The sick and disabled used to come and be cured by her at the Holy well. This spring sprang up in a night for the saint's use and its water is pure and good. The sisters used to visit each other regularly every week and though St Lateerin used to fast herself yet she used to cook a meal for her visiting sisters. The Saint never used to light a fire for herself, but when the sister used to come she would go to the smiths forge in Cullen or near it and bring the kindling of a fire in the folds of her dress, back to her little cell. The Saint always went bare-footed.

was never an anvil heard in Cullen.

Saint Lattern lived at Cullen in the Duhallow district. It is said she was a very holy woman She used to go into the Cullen forge every morning for a coal of fire to redden her own fire and it was a custom by her to carry the coal in her apron This morning she went in and the smith said to her you have a lovely pair of feet. She looked down at them and she got proud then the coal burned her apron and she had the sin of pride committed From that day out the bellos seased to blow, and the sound of a smiths hammer was not heard in Cullen since, she cursed the smith and that is why old Seán Gabha built his forge in the town-land of Gleann-Tane. It is said that the Saint at Cullen and the Saint at the city and the Saint at Drom- Tarriffe were three sisters There is a holy well on each place

My home district is Ardenteggle My parish is Killeshin. My Barony is Slieve Margy. There are about one hundred people in my townland. There are about one thousand people in my parish. In my barony there are about 4,000 people There are two chapels in my parish one in Graigue - Cullen and the other in Killeshin. The Chapel in Graigue - Cullen is the parish Chapel. The parochial house is also in Graigue - Cullen

There was a man named Mogue Cullen in the townsland of Boley Ballycullane Co. Wexford living where Mick Molloy is now who was the great grand-father of Thomas Cullen who is now living in Yoletown.
Mogue Cullen fought at the battle of Ross and left his wife and children at home out in a field, at this time it was dangerous to go into your home for fear the soldiers would come in and kill them. There were only two guns at the battle of Ross and Mogue Cullen had one of them he came home walking from the battle with his gun on his shouder and went out for his wife and children in the

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Long ago, there was a castle in the townland of Cullen, and when the people of the place were knocking it for stones to build other houses they found money in the walls, but there are no remains of it there now, and where it was, there are some big stones sunk in the ground. 2.
There was a wall around the townland of Cullen and parts of it are visible. Where the Cullen graveyard is at present, there was a monastery, and it was a great seat of learning, and the abbot was for a long time of the Barryóg family. It was known as Cullen na Cléarach or Cullen of the scholars. Where the monastery was is now the site of the present protestant church. There is an old road around it, part of which can still be seen, and one of the adjoining fields is still known as the moat or móta. 3.
There is a fort in the townland of Cullen also, and people were looking for stones, and they found some

The car stopped and a man and admired the donkey "Oh" he is alright said Cullen giving the beast a gentle stroke to go on. "No there is one side of him lift" retorted the other.This result made Cullen very angry. "Would you sell the animal" intruded the gent. "No not for all the world" said Cullen grimly. "If you got a real good price would you not sell him" said the traveller. "I would" said Cullen "but I'd be afraid that your father wouldn't have enough of grass for the two of you". These tales were told to me by Peter Reynolds, Corduff, Dromod.

There are five graveyards in the parish of Millstreet. Some of these are very ancient. The names of the different graveyards are Drishane, Cullen, Nohival Millstreet and Keel. Drishane graveyard is in the townland of Drishane and Cullen graveyard is in the townland of Cullen and likewise with the graveyards of Nohival and Millstreet but Keel graveyard situated about three hundred yards from Millstreet is in the townland of Claramore, where the Hospital inmates are buried.
The oldest of these five graveyards are Drishane. Cullen and Nohival. There is an new graveyard also in Drishane and people are still buried in the old one. There is a tomb in Drishane and people are still buried there. We are told that this particular tomb is about ninety nine years old. This old graveyard in Drishane is about one hundred and twenty years old and the new graveyard is about twenty five years in use.
Some of the old people of this parish say that Drishane churchyard is undoubtly the most ancient graveyard we have here in

St Lateran is the Patron Saint in Cullen. She lived in a small little house in Cullen near a forge. She went into the forge ever morning for fire and she carried the fire in her apron and it never burned her. One morning she went into the forge and the smith said what lovely feet you have. She looked at her feet and the fire burned her apron. She then cursed the blacksmith and she said that the sound of the anvil would never again be heard in Cullen and since then there was never bean a forge in the village. She dissapared then and a beautiful well sprang up. Crowds of people go there on the 25th of July to pay rounds and pray. it is said that people are relieved of pain when they pay a round at the holy well. There is a nice wall of concrete around the well with a small iron gate in front.
Cullen which means holly is only one mile as the crow flies, from our

Cullen ForgeThe folowing story is about Cullen forge. There was once a forge in Cullen and a girl named Gobnait used to go to the forge for fire to light her own fire at home. She had no means of taking it but in her apron. One day the smith was admiring her lovely feet. While he was talking to her the fire burned its way through the apron and fell on her feet and burned them. Then she cursed the forge and from that day to this there was never a forge in Cullen.

Lisagoora is situated between Newport and Murroe, and about one mile from the latter. It is called, because at tome, a giant named Goora lived there. About half a mile south-east of Lisagora is a district called Cappencullen which gets it name from the fact that a giant named Cullen lived there at the time Goora lived in Lisagoora. Goora and Cullen were never on the best of terms with each other and Cullen was only awaiting an opportunity of taking Goora's life.
A narrow stream runs from Cappencullen to Lisagoora, and tradition tells us that waters used to turn like milk whenever Goora was unarmed. That was a signal for Cullen to be on the alert.

In Cullen some eighty years ago lived a man locally called Big Tom Bradshaw. He was noted for his great strength, and lived in a little house above the quarry near where Finan's Cottage stands to-day. he was in the habit of drawing turf from the bog of Cullen. On one occasion his horse failed to draw the load up the hill so he untackled the horse and drew the load himself.This Tom Bradshaw is referred in one of Myles Finnan's poems as -
"Doughty Tom Bradshaw from Cullen's green lawn" His descendants live near the Churchyard in Cullen.

An Old Story
There once lived a man named Cullen. He lived in a little house with his mother. Cullen had a great habit of getting drunk. One night he was coming home drunk, when he met a little elf. The elf said "Beware of the black Raven", for if you hear him speak you will forget everything and you will not know where you live". Cullen took no heed but passed on. As he was going down the lane to his house, he heard a voice saying, "So you did not heed the elf." Then Cullen saw a huge black Raven waving its wings in his face. At once he forgot everything, he did not know where he lived. To this day he is still going