1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris

School: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris

Location:
Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Michael Ó Seachnasaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 024

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 024

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: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris
  2. XML Page 024
  3. XML “Rocksavage”

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

  1. Rocksavage

    Share Share Post
    I live in Rocksavage, in the parish of Borris, in the barony of St. Mullins (Lower) Co. Carlow. The Irish of this townsland is Inse Phuca. The following are the names of fields in it "bearna buidhe", Lahill", "The Hill field", "The Haul meadow", "The River field", Pairc bheag", "Paddy Matties field and the long field. There is a lane in Rocksavage and the bottom of it is called the red gate and an evil spirit in the shape of a hound appears there. The lane was an avenue leading to a gentlemans house, his name was Kavanagh. A lot of people do be led astray going up by the red gate. Inse Phuca means a hallow between two rivers where a fairy horse leads people astray.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Rocksavage, Co. Carlow
    Collector
    Hannah Fenelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rocksavage, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Patrick Fenelon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Rocksavage, Co. Carlow