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Story

Abstract: Story collected by Ettie Dempsey, a student at Cill Tulaigh school (Kiltullagh, Co. Galway) from informant Bernard Dempsey.

Original reference: 0034/3/50

 Cill Tulaigh [Vol. 0034, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Dempsey, Ettie 
Gender
female
Location
Knockatogher (Townland) 
Kiltullagh (Civil parish) 
Athenry (Barony) 
Galway (County) 
INFORMANT
Dempsey, Bernard 
Gender
male
Age
60
Location
Knockatogher (Townland) 
Kiltullagh (Civil parish) 
Athenry (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

A Story  [duchas:4566976]

In olden times there lived a farmer quite convenient to the town of Loughrea. One harvest he had a fine field of corn, and every night it used to be tramped and eaten, and he could not know what was happening to it so he stayed up one night, and watched, and he found that it was a lot of horses.
He caught one of the horses and brought him home. He could find no owner for him. So he trained him for the races of Knockbarren, and every year he used to win a race for him but one day as he was coming home the horse took fright at the lake of Loughrea, and sprang into the lake, and every place he sprang a spring sprung up.
People say that it is there the old town of Loughrea was, and that the chimneys of the houses can be seen on a fine day.

Resource description

Origin information
Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 0474
Volume 0034
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Seasnáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Animals, Mythical   linked data (lcsh)
Water-horses--Eacha uisce
School location
Kiltullagh Cill Tulach Kiltullagh Kilconnell Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4574113
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0034/3/50

Suggested credit
"A 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_4574113>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Seasnáin.
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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