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There is a townsland in Rossmore with only one farmhouse in it.

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Ros Mor school (Rossmore, Co. Tipperary) from informant Diarmuid Ó Duibhir.

Original reference: 0584/2/8

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

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Ros Mor [duchas:4869482]

This townland is called Weston's Lot.  The way it got this name is, I am told, a party of Cromwellian soldiers were passing through Tipperary near Clongharp when the officer in charge said to the men that he would give all the land to any man that a horse could race over in a day.  One soldier took up the bet and turned his horse to the West.  After going over rough country the poor horse fell dead in a field near Phil Ryans (Martins) house.  The rider of the horse was Weston.  Hence thename Weston's Lot.

Mrs. O'Brien also told me that a relative of hers died in Templemore and that the coffin was carried to Ballintemple Churchyard on the shoulders of the people leaving cars to follow behind.

Origin information
Rossmore, Co. Tipperary
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 093
Volume 0584
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Maitiú Ó Cinnéide.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Death--Folklore
Death--Bás
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Roads--Bóithre
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Penal times--Aimsir na bpéindlíthe
Informant location
RossmoreAn Ros MórRossmoreClonoultyKilnamanagh LowerTipperary
Story location
RossmoreAn Ros MórRossmoreClonoultyKilnamanagh LowerTipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5053996
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0584/2/8

Suggested credit
"There is a townsland in Rossmore with only one farmhouse in it."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_5053996>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Maitiú 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.

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