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Máire Ní Mhurchadha

Abstract: Story collected by Sheosamh Ó Mhurchadha, a student at Urhan (B.) school (Urhin, Co. Cork) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 0275/2/66

 Urhan (B.) [Vol. 0275, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cork Schools

COLLECTOR
Mhurchadha, Sheosamh Ó 
Gender
male
Location
Caherkeen (Townland) 
Kilcatherine (Civil parish) 
Bear (Barony) 
Cork (County) 
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Location
Caherkeen (Townland) 
Kilcatherine (Civil parish) 
Bear (Barony) 
Cork (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Máire Ní Mhurchadha  [duchas:4801500]

Maire Ni Murcada lived in Eyeries. There was a parish priest in Eyeries named Fr. O Reilly and he used to be all the time talking about her and trying to banish her.
One night he was coming from Ardgroom and near the bridge of Bawrs his hat was taken off his head. He came off the horse and went trying for it and he could not get it. In the end he got it. When Maire Ni Murcada met him some day after she asked him why he was talking about her, and did he remember the night that he was coming from Ardgroom that his hat fell off his head. She said only for herself that he would be trying for it until morning and he would not get it. The priest never spoke of Maire Ni Murcada afterwards.
Maire Ni Murcada saved many people. There was a boy working in the Mines once, and Maire Ni Murcada told him if he would go working there the next day it would be his last day. Some other boy went in his

Máire Ní Mhurchadha  [duchas:4801501]

place and he got killed,

Resource description

Origin information
Urhin, Co. Cork
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 225-226
Volume 0275
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Murchadha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
School location
Urhin Iorthan Urhin Kilcatherine Bear Cork
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4941809
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0275/2/66

Suggested credit
"Máire Ní Mhurchadha"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_4941809>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Murchadha.
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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