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Story of Kanturk Castle

Abstract: Story collected by Judy Garvin, a student at Gurrane (C.) school (Clondrohid, Co. Cork) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 0326/3/15

 Gurrane (C.) [Vol. 0326, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cork Schools

COLLECTOR
Garvin, Judy 
Gender
female
Location
Scronagare (Townland) 
Clondrohid (Civil parish) 
Muskerry West (Barony) 
Cork (County) 
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
grand-parent
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Story of Kanturk Castle  [duchas:4891129]

This castle was built by the McCarthy family of Drishane.  It is a building of great interest.  It is situated near the public road on the Banteer side of the town.  It is now known as old Court.  It  is about a hundred and fifty feet long and about eighty feed wide and it has four square towers.  It is said to be the finest castle in Ireland.

When this castle was building seven masons all having the name of John were there.  That is why it is sometimes called Carrig na Sean Saor.  This building was never finished because the McCarthy man said it should be roofed with glass.  So one morning he set out for Dublin for the glass to roof the castle.  It was on horseback he went which on the way the horse happened to lose a shoe.  He journeyed on until he came to a forge near by where he asked the smith to put on a new shoe.

It happened that the smith had no iron, only a single barrel gun and he asked the McCarthy man would he make a shoe out of it and the man said yes.  Then the smith took the gun off the wall and was just going to put it into the fire when it exploded and killed the McCarthy man.  When the seven masons heard their master was dead they did not finish the castle and it is not finished to the present day.

Resource description

Origin information
Clondrohid, Co. Cork
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 331
Volume 0326
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
School location
Clondrohid Cluain Droichead Clondrohid Clondrohid Muskerry West Cork
Story location
Kanturk Ceann Toirc Kanturk Duhallow Cork
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5162652
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0326/3/15

Suggested credit
"The Story of Kanturk Castle"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_5162652>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha.
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 (Kanturk)

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