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Anchor Bower Road

Abstract: Story collected by T. Cambpell, a student at Christian Brothers, Athlone school (Athlone, Co. Westmeath) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 0749/2/17

 Christian Brothers, Athlone [Vol. 0749, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Westmeath Schools

COLLECTOR
Cambpell, T. 
Gender
male
Location
St. Mary's (Civil parish) 
Brawny (Barony) 
Westmeath (County) 
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
parent
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

Anchor Bower Road  [duchas:4989929]

Long, long ago the Anchorites or Monks used the road on which I now live. It was called Anchors Bower Road because the Anchorites used it to go from Clanmacnois to Loch Ree. It was also called the Old Coach Road because the coaches used to travel that road to Dublin in the olden times.  There are many ghost stories about that road. One of these stories is that every Hallow-een night a coach is supposed to go up that road and the driver and the horses are supposed to have no heads. Our Lady's Bower Convent is now situated on the Old Coach Road.

Resource description

Origin information
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 222
Volume 0749
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Brother Meskill.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Roads--Bóithre
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
School location
Athlone Baile Átha Luain Athlone St. Mary's Brawny Westmeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5116547
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0749/2/17

Suggested credit
"Anchor Bower Road"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_5116547>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Brother Meskill.
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.

School location

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