Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0040
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- and thus was checked in his youth a boy whose uncles held the highest Civil Service positions in 3 continents.
Domhnall also pointed out to me the site of the Round Tower, near the present Protestant Church. I did not at the time believe that there was ever a Round Tower here, but I have discovered since beyond yea or nay that there was and that the remains of it about 20 or 30 feet were demolished in 1801 and used in building present Protestant Church.
Domhnall Ó Murcadha agus m'athair when asked to explain [of."That place is too low to build a town in", says Cromwell's. engineer. "It may be" replied Cromwell, "but all the same, we'll build the town there and we'll call it TOO LOW (=Tallow) !!!] Kelly is a very rare name here. An earlier effort made many hundreds of years back was that the place was called "Chalice-town" because one of chalices presented for the recovery of the Earl of Marsh's body (killed here in 1397) was given to Kellistown Chapel. But in light of modern research there can be no doubt that this place is Ceann-lios i bfaghart = Kělios though Keating calls the place Ceall Osnadh.
Years before I read a word about this most historic townland I collected all available folklore connected with(continues on next page)
