School: Béal Átha hUbhla (C.) (roll number 3998)
- Location:
- Ballyhooly, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chaoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 385
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- It is said that the main road from Cork to Cashel passed through Ballyhooly long ago.
It was a very useful road.
They called it in Irish "bóthar bó Finne"
It was there before the Castle and Bridge were built.
At that time there was a ford across the river near where the Castle is now.
The ford is still to be seen but there is no use made of it because there is a bridge across.Saint Mocue was driving in a coach through Ballyhooly one day.
On crossing the ford he saw a fine red apple floating on the river.
He picked it up.
His driver asked him for it because his teeth were watering for it.
He refused him because he said that there was a cure in it.
The Saint then went to Glanworth where a chief named "Cuana Mac Cailcin" lived.
He had a daughter who had a dead hand.
The Saint cured it with the apple.
It is said that her dead hand was better than her good hand ever after.
She afterwards became a nun.
Saint Mocue is also called Saint Carthage.
Saint Carthage is the patron Saint of Lismore.
He built a famous school there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Lombard
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killathy, Co. Cork
