1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Luggacurran (2), Stradbally

School: Luggacurran (2), Stradbally (roll number 16576)

Location:
Log an Churraigh, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
Mrs. Delaney
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 274

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 274

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: Luggacurran (2), Stradbally
  2. XML Page 274
  3. XML “Dune of Clopook”

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. Dune of Clopook (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    three hundred and twelve feet on the top. No person seems to know much of its origin or date of its construction. Some are found to state it dates back to the period when the Tuth De Dannans held sway in Ireland. It is thought that when they were overpowered by the Mielesians they, by their magic, converted themselves into Fairies and took up their abode in the Dune of Clo-Pook, Fairy Cover.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloch an Phúca, Co. Laoise
    Collector
    Patrick Laffan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Choileáin, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Mr Michael Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Log an Churraigh, Co. Laoise