1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Killashee, Longphort

School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)

Location:
Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 021

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 021

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: Killashee, Longphort
  2. XML Page 021
  3. XML “Story - The Black Men”
  4. XML “Story - The Stone Boat”

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

  2. Story - The Stone Boat

    Share Share Post
    There is a place in White Hall Parish called Tarmonbarry it is so called in honour of St. Barry. There is a Boat made of stone in the Chapel Yard with the shape of St. Barry cut in it. When a Corpse from the Co. Longford side had to be buried in that grave yard the Boat used to
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward James Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmore, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Bernard Mc Cauley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Cloonmore, Co. Longford