School: Meanus, Brúgh na nDéise (roll number 11840)
- Location:
- Meanus, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs Harnett
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0516, Page 536
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- This Legend is current among the peasantry of the locality.
In olden days a malevolent
supernatural light used to appear among
the ruins of Barrig-O- Gunnell Castle
and whoever had the misfortune of
being the first to gaze upon the
baneful blaze dropped down dead.
The evil spirit that admitted this
deadly ray of light took the form
of a fire-breathing bull which
ravaged the adjacent county until
the arrival of St. Patrick. It's so
happened that as the saint was
journeying in the neighborhood on
his little pony, the shades of night
fell before he could obtain shelter
in some friendly home. As he
came near Barrig-O-Gunnell Castle
the fatal light appeared and
fortunately his Pony saw it first
and dropped dead. But St. Patrick
blessed the animal and it immediately
came to life again. Wishing to discover(continues on next page)
