1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Castleplunkett

School: Castleplunkett (roll number 15545)

Location:
Castleplunket, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Domhnaill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0245, Page 057

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0245, Page 057

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: Castleplunkett
  2. XML Page 057
  3. XML “Folklore”

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. Folklore

    Share Share Post
    There is a field near our house of which there is a story told and it is called Gort na Gapall. This field was so called because it was owned by a man named Captain Plunkett who used to keep a lot of horses in it. There is a story going round yet that he had a black war horse one time. This horse was at the battle of the Boyne in the year 1640 carrying his master who was fighting for the side of King James. During the battle one of the horse's feet got badly injured. Even so, he carried his master home safely from the battle on three legs which is
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Castleplunket, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Cristína Ní Ruaidhri
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ardeevin, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pádhraic Ó Ruaidhri
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male