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1. Local Place Names - Poulacapple

   

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   There is a tradition in Poulacapple that as Diarmuid O Duibhne was returning from a deer hunt on Sliabh na mBan and Drom Dearg his horse was swallowed up in a hole in the bog. Hence the name Poul an Chapaill. A deer found in Poulacapple bog about 1850, the antlers of which can be seen at Poe's of Harlepark, bears out the tradition of the escapade of Diarmuid Ó Duibhne. A deer's skeleton found in Poulacapple Bog about 1850 is now at Poe's of Harlepark

   

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2. Local Place Names - Poulacapple

   

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   Another tradition tells that when St. Patrick was passing through Poulacapple his horses went down in a hole and were lost and that is how place was named.

   

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3. Local Place Names - Drom Dearg

   

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   Drom Dearg, mentioned so often in connection with the Fianna hunting tales is the hill which rises from the main Clonmel Dublin road to the right hand as you leave Nine Mile House going in the Kilkenny direction. The hill has, indeed, a reddish

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ninemilehouse, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   James Maher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary