School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)

Location:: Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:

Mode:

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 207

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.
Download

Report a problem to eolas@duchas.ie

Let us know if you see incorrect or inappropriate information here.

Notice and Action Policy Statement

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

XML School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney
XML Page 207
XML “Mass Rocks - Knockiel Quarry”
XML “Rath in Castlefleming Errill”

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.

Mass Rocks - Knockiel Quarry (continued)

Share Share Post

(continued from previous page)

but in former times, before cement was so common, there was a large amount of stones sold out of them. A good many of the Rathdowney houses and Church and schools are built of this rock. Knockeil derives its name from the hill and quarries.
Cnoc = Hill Aol = Lime

Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
History Edit
Rath in Castlefleming Errill

Share Share Post

You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

There is a Rath in my Uncle's field Mr. Maurice Downling Castlefleming Errill. It is situated in the centre of the rath field and surrounded with high trees. Fairies lived there long ago. About fifty years ago, Mr. William Keyes Errill was coming home from visiting and he met a little man and, he told him if William would go to this place he would get some money and William never minded him. Three nights in succession the same thing happened and the next day he went and told the priest about it and the priest told him to have nothing to do with him. The same little man appeared to several others and one night four men went to seek for the money. They took holy water and sprinked it
(continues on next page)

Cancel
Transcription guide »
By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

Language

English