School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

On this page

1. Local Old Schools

   

   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 field in "Spike" now a part of Dreenlomane, which is called "Páirc an leabhair" and some of the old people associate it with the time of the "hedge schools". Others say mass used to be celebrated in the field during the penal times. There is only one farmer living in "Spike". Mr C. Donovan and he owns the field, which is only a few yards from his house.

   Save 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.

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. secret societies (~18)
            1. Fenians (~141)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Coughlan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derreennalomane, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr T. Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Derreennalomane, Co. Cork

2. A Hero

   

   Share Share Post

   My grand uncle was drilled as a "Fenian" in the vicinity of Skibbereen by Peadar O Súilleabháin. He was only eighteen years, and his name was Tadhg Ó Donnabháin. The English soldiers soon found out of him, and they pursued him. He was told of their coming and he walked from Skibbereen to Cobh, took passage in a ship, which was four weeks on the water, and finally arrived in New York. The English soldiers followed him to Cork, but there lost sight of him. He died soon afterwards in America, and a head-stone was erected over his grave, and on it was inscribed "An Irish Fenian".

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit