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Old Ruin

Abstract: Story collected by Peggie Kelly, a student at Corduff school (Corduff, Co. Dublin) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0786/139/1

 Corduff [Vol. 0786, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Dublin Schools

COLLECTOR
Kelly, Peggie 
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

An Old Ruin  [duchas:4384137]

The Old Ruin

There was once a crowd of French sailors who were driven by stress of weather out of their course and were forced to take shelter in Rogerstown. Whilst the storm was raging and their was danger of the men perishing. They made a vow to St. Maur that if ever they escaped they would build a chaple in his honour. On the point of land they first reached was Whitestown, Rush. Here the chaple was built and dedicated to St. Maur. St. Maur was the son of a great noble, who placed him under the care of St. Benedict to be brought up in piety. Hi died on the 16th January 584. There is a beautiful shrine in the memory of him preserved in Paris. After that St. Maur was regarded as the Patron Saint of Rush. St. Maur's well is in the centre of the grave-yard attached to the ruin. A number of people have been cured of sickness and other affictions.
Peggie Kelly

Resource description

Origin information
Corduff, Co. Dublin
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 161
Volume 0786
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher E. Ó Duinn.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Penal times--Aimsir na bpéindlíthe
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Corduff An Chorr Dhubh Corduff Castleknock Castleknock Dublin
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4509425
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0786/139/1

Suggested credit
"An Old Ruin"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_4509425>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher E. Ó Duinn.
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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