Droichead na nGabhar

Abstract: Story collected by a student at An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin school (Curragh, Co. Tipperary) from informant Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh.

Original reference: 0572/4/138

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Droichead na nGabhar [duchas:4865612]

Droichead na nGabhar. Until the year there was only a ford at this place and stepping stones to get across. When the bridge was built the first to cross it were two goats hence the name Goats Bridge. There is a legend that whatever time of the night you pass the bridge you are sure to meet some one. a ghost was supposed to be seen there. One man was telling another about it and the latter said that if he was a friend of his he would stop and speak to him. The very next night when this man was returning home after a game of cards he saw the ghost and of course he got a terrible fright and ran away. He then arranged with a few others to go to the stepping stones at Droicheadh na nGabhar to see the ghost. They went along one night and sure enough the ghost was there. The man collapsed . His friends knowing the old saying that a ghost cannot cross water, took him up and carried over the river and then home.The man died in a few days.

Origin information
Curragh, Co. Tipperary
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 376
Volume 0572
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
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
CurraghAn CurrachCurraghBallybaconIffa and Offa WestTipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5055163
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0572/4/138

Suggested credit
"Droichead na nGabhar"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_5055163>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
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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