1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Síle
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 348

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 348

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
  2. XML Page 348
  3. XML “Local Rhymes”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Rhymes

    Share Share Post
    There was always enmity between the Callan and Mallinahone people, that was one of the reasons Callan wa called "Calainn an Clampair" for there were many Faction fights in the town as it was on the border between Kilkenny and Tipperary.
    The Carrick on Suir people, the Ballingarry and Mullinahone people made Callan their fighting centre in the olden times, hence the old saying:-
    Run through the world but walk aisy through Callan."
    The following is a song made long ago by a Callan man about Mullinahone people:-
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Liathán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baunta, Co. Kilkenny