1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tydavnet

School: Tydavnet (roll number 13911)

Location:
Tigh Damhnata, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
M. Mac Cába
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 221

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 221

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: Tydavnet
  2. XML Page 221
  3. XML “Local Fairies”

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. Local Fairies

    Share Share Post
    Long ago James Mc Aree was keeping house on Palm Sunday night when his parents were out. He thought they were a long time away and he looked out on the door to see if they were coming. He saw a lot of boys playing at the forth down below. There were a lot of lights round the forth. He ran down as he came near he heard very nice music. When he came to the spot all disappeared and he could see nothing and he returned home. Later in the night he heard the music
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Lily Sherry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Droim Dairte, Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    Mr James Sherry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Achadh Gallaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin