1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ceathrú Gabhann

School: Ceathrú Gabhann

Location:
Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brian Mac Dhuarcáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 191

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 191

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: Ceathrú Gabhann
  2. XML Page 191
  3. XML “A Story about the 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. A Story about the Fairies

    Share Share Post
    A long time ago there lived a man and his wife. One day his wife got sick and she was in bed for very nearly a year. This night she got worse and the man went for the priest. When the man and the priest were coming to the house they had to pass through afield. When there was any people going to this house they used to put astray by the fairies. When the man and the priest were coming to the house a big lot of fairies both men and women were before them. when the priest came near them they started moving away and the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Commons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowgallda, Co. Mayo