1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Dubhthrian (Diffreen)

School: Dubhthrian (Diffreen) (roll number 6680)

Location:
Diffreen, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
(name not given)
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 131

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 131

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: Dubhthrian (Diffreen)
  2. XML Page 131
  3. XML (no title)

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. (no title)

    “Long ago there was a man called Luke Flynn living in Drumahon, Gurteen P.O., Manorhamilton where Bernard O'Rourke now lives.”

    Share Share Post
    Long ago there was a man called Luke Flynn living in Drumahon, Gurteen P.P, Manorhamilton where Bernard O'Rourke now lives.
    One day Luke went to Sligo and he took out his pipe when coming home, but he had no match to light it and there was no house near him. It was a very dark night and Luke looked around him, longing for a draw out of his old pipe. Suddenly he noticed a house where there never was a house before. He entered and there was a crowd of little people sitting around the fire. "Hello, Luke, Hello, Luke" echoed from all sides and he was invited to sit down and rest himself. He did likewise and kindled his pipe and then arose to go home. When Luke said he was going one of the little fairies said, "wait, for
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Mac Ternan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Gleneige, Co. Leitrim