Saint Fionnacta is patron st of Sixmilebridge. His church is in the townland of Ballysheen about a half mile from Sixmilebridge. The bells are supposed to have being thrown into the river O Garney by the Danes. This river flows through Sixmilebridge. It is said that these bells are heard every seven years.
The ruins of the Church , and the altar are still to be seen there.
This St said that no one would be killed by lightning, he also blessed the place

St Fionnacta is the patron St. of Sixmilebridge. His chapel is in Ballysheen, about half a mile from this village of Sixmilebridge. The ruins of it are still to be seen.
The chalice and bell were thrown into the river O'Garney by the Danes and is it said that the bell rings every seven years.
Before he died he prayed to God that no one in Sixmilebridge would get killed with lightning.

I live in the townland of Ballysheen in the parish of Sixmilebridge ,barony of Bunratty ,and Co of Clare .it is a very big townland

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Local Patron Saint.
The patron Saint of Sixmilebridge parish is Saint Fionnachta.it is said he blessed the parish of Sixmilebridge from the door of the old Church in Ballysheen.The blessing was to preserve the people from thunder and lightening in the parish since then.There are no people in the parish called after him,but the new national School in Sixmilebridge is called after him.

The patron Saint of Kilmurry Parish is Saint Fabile.There is a blessed well in Denagh called after her.it is in Mr. Curtain's land with three tall trees marking the spot.There are no places called after her and no person except one girl.Mrs.Mac Namara from near Tulla ,Co Clare lost her sight and dreamt that if she did rounds at Kilmurry blessed well she would

In later times people dropped the carding & rolling at home & got it done for a triple at a local mill. (Flynn's of Sixmilebridge)

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My Home District.
I live in the parish of Sixmilebridge. In the town land of The Green. In the barony of Bunratty. There are four names very common. People went to America in former times. The oldest man in our town land is Mr Laughlin The Green. Sixmilebridge.He knows no Irish. But he has a good hand at telling stories. The land around is good. The largest wood being Cashel Crine. Cratloe, and castle Lake.
Peggy Earls
The Green
Sixmilebridge.

Mrs G - , Rosroe, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare was carrying a child at the time. One day a man came to the shop to buy a handle for a hayfork The handles were hanging down from the ceiling of the shop, when Mrs G was taking down the handles one of them fell down and struck her on the front of the head and raised a lump.
When the child, a girl was born , there was a small lump exactly on the same part of the front where the handle had struck her mother. The lump grew large as the child grew older, and when she was strong enough her parents got a doctor in Limerick to ‘ Cut “ out the lump. But after a short time the lump grew again.
The above was told by Miss Jessie Gillian, Rosroe Sixmilebridge.

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Graveyards.
In the parish of Sixmilebridge there are three graveyards,Ballysheen,Kilmurrry,Feenagh,situated in the townlands of Sixmilebridge Shandangan respectively. They are still in use. In all three there are churches ruined. Kilmurry is not level ,it was very rock and sloped towards the east.it was customary to plant small trees on graves;there are no big trees growing there now ,but formerly there was silver fir, and elder trees growing there.The stones of Kilmurry church were removed to build up walls.

Long ago in Sixmilebridge there were a great many matches made, from the 6th of January to Shrove Tuesday. At the 6th of January fair in Sixmilebridge the match making began, and it was said jokingly that if a boy or girl were to be married, he or she would put their names up on the big tree, which grows on the bridge over the river Garney.
When a match was in progress the girls parents and friends would go to see the boys farm and stock. It was often the case, that the boys parents would cover blocks of timber with hay,and pretend they were potatoes or mangles and they used to borrow their
neighbours cattle, and knock gaps into their land so that the girls parents would think the boy had a lot of cattle and

I live in the parish of Sixmilebridge, in the townland of Cloughlea, and in the barony of Bunratty.There are five families in the townland. The O'Briens and O'Hallorans are the most common names. All the houses are almost of the old type - thatched. The townland derived its name from a big grey rock which stands in the middle of a field.
The only old person living in it is Mrs. O'Brien. She has no knowledge of Irish. She lives at The Ministers Cross Sixmilebridge. The houses in the townland were more numerous long ago. There is one house now in ruins where a family named McInerney's were evicted about fifty years ago buy the late Francis Morris of Springfield house. Some of the family had to emigrate to America. There is a story attached to the townland. It is said that the big rock was brought by a giant and left in a certain field. The rock is about twenty ton.

Peil agus Iomáin.
Played in Coonagh,part of Meellik
of Meelick -between Meelick.Parish and Sixmilebridge in 1898.or on each side.
Meelick Capt.-Tom Nix.
Sixmilebridge Capt.Wm.Russell.Match left unfinished owing to dispute .Meelick then winning.
Best players:-
on Melick team-T.Nix.Wm Grimes.Pat Grimes.Dinny Hogan and Tom Grimes (the Ugly Man)
On Sixmilebridge team-W Russell,Tom and Jack Mc Inerney and Paddy Mulready.
Dress-most in their shirt and trousers ,ordinary boots.
Two referees, one from work each.

About a year ago a house in Sixmilebridge was burned .it belonged to Mr Howlet.The accident arose from the light arose of a candle which caught on to the tatch of the house.It happened about ten o'clock in the night when everyone were going to bed.The house was situated in the middle of a long row of houses and everyone was afraid the flames would spread each way and the whole place would be destroyed.A crowd gathered and knocked some of the

The name of my townland is Ardane.It is in the barony of Bunrattyand the Parish of Sixmilebridge.There are fourteen people and three houses in it.There were about twice as many houses in it long ago as they are now.The ruins of these houses are still standing ;one is used as an out house.there is one person over seventy in the townland .people named Hogans ,

My home district is Mount Cashel ,Sixmilebridge.in the barony of Lower Bunratty.There are these houses in it, Gleeso's,Butler and our own.Gleeson was the name most common in the district.Two of the houses are two-storey high and one of them is three storey high.The ruins of Mac Inerney's can be seen there yet.The most of the land is fairly good.

Martin Kenedy was a smith who lived in Belvoir,Sixmilebridge.He was helped and welcomed everywhere by clergy and laity.His brothers worked in the forge;he preferred to wander from house to house telling stories and composing poetry as "quick as thought" .He died in Tipperary in 1931 ;he composed the following poem on the match played in Thurles for the munster Championship in 1914.

There once lived in the Hill road in the parish of Clommoney a man named Mc Inerney. One evening he went to Sixmilebridge and there he met a man from Bunnotly. They both delayed a good while in the village. About ten o clock they left to go home. When they came to the minister's cross McInerney decided to go down the Bunratty road with the other man. McInerney, saying he

I live in the townland of Feenagh and the parish of Sixmilebridge and the Barony of Bunratty. There are six families in the townland. The names most common are Lyons and Dinans. Houses were more numerous long ago. Several people went to America to earn their living. Most of the houses are slated. There is no old people living there now.

St Fionnacta is the patron Saint of this parish. His church is in the townland of Ballysheen about a half mile from this village. The chalice and bell were thrown into the river O Garney and it is said that the bell rings every seven years. Before he died he prayed to god that no one in Sixmilebridge would get killed by lightning, and it has been noticed that no damage has being done by lightning.

About half-way between the village of Sixmilebridge and the Hurlers Cross is situated the residence of Mr Hamsell of Deerpark this was formerly the palace of Dr Kennedy although he was reared about a mile away in Woodpark House which is now in ruins. At the entrance to Deerpark House is a pond about 5000 Sqr ft in area, and it is said that it was in this water the bishop used to baptize the people.