1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Convent of Mercy, Athlone

School: Convent of Mercy, Athlone

Location:
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr Regis
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0749, Page 158

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0749, Page 158

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: Convent of Mercy, Athlone
  2. XML Page 158
  3. XML “Historical Tradition”

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. Historical Tradition

    Share Share Post
    Tradition associates Maeve, Queen of Connaught with Athlone. The name Ath Luain is supposed to mean "the ford of the loins", recalling the fight that occurred between the two bulls after the Táin.
    Maeve had a Summer residence at Innis Cloraun, now Quaker Island in Lough Ree. One day, while bathing here, she was killed by being struck with a stone throw at her from the opposite shore by the son of the King of Ulster. Some say she is buried in Cruachan.
    St. Patrick and St. Brigid
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Kilkelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bastion Street, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mr Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Excise Street, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Curley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athlone, Co. Westmeath