1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Granagh (B.), Brúgh Ríogh

School: Granagh (B.), Brúgh Ríogh (roll number 9927)

Location:
Granagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Spiaráin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0499, Page 163

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0499, Page 163

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: Granagh (B.), Brúgh Ríogh
  2. XML Page 163
  3. XML “Story - The Roofless Castle”

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. Story - The Roofless Castle

    Share Share Post
    There is a castle near Kanturk in Co. Cork. Long ago when it was building it is said that anyone that passed was killed by the men who were working there. Their blood was used to mix the mortar. It was built very high, and the window frames were made with out stone. Somebody foretold it would never be finished. The man who was to live in it was going to a city one day to buy the roofing material and he was killed on the way. It is a large square building and it stands roofless to the present day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pat Sheahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ballyvologe, Co. Limerick