About nintey years ago in a house in Ballymagrorty about a mile from Ballintra a crowd of fifty Protestants were gathered to shoot a priest names Father Dan Kelly.

Abstract: Story collected by J. P. Walls, a student at Seosamh Naomhtha school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant J. Walls.

Original reference: 1028/1/29

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INFORMANT
Walls, J.
Relation
unknown
Gender
male
Age
circa 50
Location
Ballintra (Townland)
Drumhome (Civil parish)
Tirhugh (Barony)
Donegal (County)

transcribed at

 

Seosamh Naomhtha [duchas:4388787]

About ninety years ago in a house in Ballymagrorty about a mile from Ballintra a crowd of fifty Protestants were gathered to shoot a priest named Father Dan Kelly. This priest had said something against the Protestants. He was told that they were coming to shoot him he said not to mind that they would not come that night.

When the order was given to the Protestants to lift their guns they found that they were unable to do so. But on asking the girls of the house to lift the guns they found that they could lift them as they liked.

Origin information
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 29
Volume 1028
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
belief   linked data (afset)
Belief--Creidiúint
local legends   linked data (afset)
Local lore, place-lore--Seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas
School location
BallyshannonBéal Átha SeanaidhBallyshannonInishmacsaintTirhughDonegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476435
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1028/1/29

Suggested credit
"About nintey years ago in a house in Ballymagrorty about a mile from Ballintra a crowd of fifty Protestants were gathered to shoot a priest names Father Dan Kelly."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4476435>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Naiti.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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