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Kidnapping of Girl in the Beginning of the 19th Century

Abstract: Story collected by Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh, a student at Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma school (Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary) from informant Ellen O' Brien.

Original reference: 0582/3/6

 Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma [Vol. 0582, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

COLLECTOR
Cárthaigh, Mícheál Mac 
Gender
male
INFORMANT
Brien, Ellen O' 
Gender
female
Location
Tipperary (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Kidnapping of Girl in the Beginning of the 19th Century  [duchas:4869002]

Wherever there was a girl of any beauty & having the name of money, it was the custom of the time that her admirer would collect a ' meitheal ' of horsemen and go and forcibly take the girl from the parents. A pillion was in readiness in the back of his (the bridegroom to be) saddle for the accomodation of the girl to be snatched away.

In such a manner was Johanna Casey (my great grand Aunt) of Ballyglasheen (near Thomastown) taken by Paddy Hickey of Ballinard & his friends.

On arriving in Ballyglasheen they found the door locked them. They broke it open & entered  the bedroom where Johanna Casey & her mother (Judy Walsh) were. Paddy Hickey rushed out with somebody in his arms but soon found it to be the girls mother!  The mistake was soon rectified & the party proceeded homeward to Ballinard bearing with them the frightened girl.

On the following morning the girl's friends went in turn, on horseback to Ballinard & found her seated to breakfast in the midst of the jubilant Hickey ' Meitheal '

She was taken with an injured leg, but two years afterwards she married Hickey

Resource description

Origin information
Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 212
Volume 0582
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Rites of passage--Deasghnátha aistrithe saoil
School location
Bishopswood Coill an Easpaig Bishopswood Kilmore Kilnamanagh Lower Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5022884
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0582/3/6

Suggested credit
"Kidnapping of Girl in the Beginning of the 19th Century"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_5022884>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh.
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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