School: Clochar na Trócaire, Buirgheas Uí Luighdheach (roll number 3486)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Oilibhéir
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 093
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
- (continued from previous page)haunting the house. This house is said to be built on a Mass path and the devil is supposed to be haunting it.
Many years ago a white woman used appear every night at Pallas. It was thought that she was a queen who lived in Pallas castle and was killed. Many people in Pallas district have seen her at various times but she never did any harm.
Jerry Dwyer, Coolawn was in Barrisoleigh one night playing cards. He was returning home between twelve and one o'clock. As he was passing Ballyroan he noticed a crowd of men hurling in a field, but they made no noise. One man came out and ran after him saying "Come on Jerry and stand in the goals for us", and Jerry refused. Then the little man struck him on the back with his hurly.
- Informant
- Mr P. Mahon
- Gender
- Male
