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A Fairy Story

Abstract: Story collected by Rosie Sloane, a student at Ardaghy, Omeath school (Ardaghy, Co. Louth) from informant Peter Sloane.

Original reference: 0658/2/42

 Ardaghy, Omeath [Vol. 0658, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Louth Schools

COLLECTOR
Sloane, Rosie 
Gender
female
Age
13
Location
Bavan (Townland) 
Carlingford (Civil parish) 
Dundalk Lower (Barony) 
Louth (County) 
INFORMANT
Sloane, Peter 
Gender
male
Age
50
Location
Bavan (Townland) 
Carlingford (Civil parish) 
Dundalk Lower (Barony) 
Louth (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

A Fairy Story  [duchas:4957910]

About twenty five or thirty years ago a man called Paddy Traynor lived in the townland of Ardaghy. Ardaghy is one of the ten townlands of Omeath which is in the Parish of Carlingford. One misty evening Paddy went up to the Páirc-úr for to see the sheep. Páirc-úr is the name of a field in Ardaghy and it is one of the most famous of all the fairy haunts in the village of Omeath.
Paddy reached the Páirc-úr and saw the sheep. He thought to himself that it was getting very dark and misty, so he turned to go home, but if he was to go round the field from that day to this he couldn’t find the gap he had come in on. He was going round the field and round the field all night and he would be going round it for a longer period if the neighbours hadn’t come up and taken him home. The next morning a man asked him what happened him that he could not find the gap. Paddy answered Ceo na Sidheog.

A Fairy Story  [duchas:4957911]

Collected by:
Rosie Sloane, (13 yrs.)
Bavan,
Omeath.

From:
Peter Sloane, (50 yrs.)
Bavan,
Omeath.
25/3/38

Resource description

Origin information
Ardaghy, Co. Louth
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 106-107
Volume 0658
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher B. Mac Craith.
Languages
English  Irish  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
School location
Ardaghy Ardachadh Ardaghy Carlingford Dundalk Lower Louth
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5055150
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0658/2/42

Suggested credit
"A Fairy Story"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_5055150>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher B. Mac Craith.
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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