1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Presentation Monaster, Ceann tSáile

School: Presentation Monaster, Ceann tSáile

Location:
Kinsale, Co. Cork
Teacher:
J. K. O' Connor
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0319, Page 206

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0319, Page 206

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: Presentation Monaster, Ceann tSáile
  2. XML Page 206
  3. XML “Mount Long”

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. Mount Long

    Share Share Post
    Mount Long Castle stands close to the rocks of Oyster Haven. It was one time a most beautiful building. It had towers and pointed gables built with brown and white stone and surrounded with gardens and orchards. In the banqueting hall there were upon the walls figures of the Twelve Apostles, a stag and an image of the Lady Long. The castle was built by John Long in the year 1631. All went well with him for ten years. He went to Mass in the new Church he built near by. He hunted and feasted and was kind to his tenants but the English in Kinsale were jealous of him. To save
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Pádraig Breathnach
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinsale, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Séamus Breathnach
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male