1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Killanure, Mountrath

School: Killanure, Mountrath (roll number 8095)

Location:
Killinure, Co. Laois
Teacher:
C. Ní Dhubhlainn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 074

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 074

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: Killanure, Mountrath
  2. XML Page 074
  3. XML “The Ring Field”
  4. XML “The Cot Glen”

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. The Ring Field

    Share Share Post
    The "Ring Field" belongs to Major Hamiliton Roundwood. So called because it has a "fairy ring" at the end of it. A great number of rabbits always in this ring but "no ferret" can be got to go into the burrows to catch them. A great deal of "noise" heard around this fairy ring. At 12 o'c at night "Fairies" may be seen dancing around it. There is a number of trees growing all round it. The Killanure Cricketeers and other teams play many games in this field and it is said if they play ( that is the Killanure team) near this fairy Rath or Ring that they always lose.
    Account brought by James Mortimer, son of Mr John Joseph Mortimer pupil
    Roundwood,
    Mountrath.
    The "Cot" Glen
    In the townslands of Bordwin. So called from a nice little cottage in it which was inhabited by a Bill Gaynor. One night the Fairies paid him a visit. Not knowing who or what they were he cursed them. The next night they returned and "spilt" his cream. From that night "things went against him". His cow went dry, and after spilling
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Cot Glen

    Share Share Post
    In the townsland of Bordwin. So called from a nice little cottage in it which was inhabited by a Bill Gaynor. One night the "Fairies" paid him a visit. Not knowing who or what they were he cursed them. The next night they returned and "spilt" his cream. From that night "things went against him". His cow went dry, and after spelling
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Bordowin, Co. Laois
    Collector
    Nora Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Whitefield, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Phelan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Whitefield, Co. Laois