Rath Brennan

Abstract: Story collected by S.M. Ó Faoláin, a student at Scoil na mBráthar, Roscomáin school (Roscommon, Co. Roscommon) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0259/3/6

 Scoil na mBráthar, Roscomáin [Vol. 0259, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Roscommon Schools

COLLECTOR
Faoláin, S.M. Ó 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

Rath Brennan  [duchas:4793859]

As the name is now written, one would be led to think that it has something to do with the surname Brennan.   Although Brennan or Ó Braonáin is common in the County these did not come to dwell here till the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.  Some of them came from Tipperary and others, feared by the people of the time came from Kilkenny.  The old people hold that the place Rath Brennan, (which is situated about two miles west of the town of Roscommon) is called after St. Brendan.  This seems to be the correct version as the name is much older that the clan which came to dwell there later.  Again some six or seven miles south of this near the town of Ballygar is St. Brendan's well and on the feast day of the patron May 16th the people of this district may be seen wending their way to pray at the well and drink some of the water.  This Brendan

Rath Brennan  [duchas:4793860]

had a sister Ann who also gave her name to a district on the east side of the town of Roscommon.

Resource description

Origin information
Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 237-238
Volume 0259
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Br Ó Cinnéide.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Events (by time of year)--Ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
School location
Roscommon Ros Comáin Roscommon Roscommon Ballintober South Roscommon
Story location
Rathbrenan Rathbrenan Roscommon Ballintober South Roscommon
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5131717
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0259/3/6

Suggested credit
"Rath Brennan"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_5131717>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher An Br Ó Cinnéide.
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.

Story location (Rathbrenan)

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