School: Ballinkillen, Muine Beag
- Location:
- Ballinkillin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Seán Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0906, Page 003
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“The district known as Ballinkillen, lies at a distance of about half a mile off the main Muinebheag-Borris road.”
(continued from previous page)frolics which bring back to us the real Irish-Ireland atmosphere of the old Gaels. To one Mr. John Redmond (now dead) a labouring man of Ballinkillen, I am indebted for almost all of the stories I have been able to procure. John died, after a short illness, at the age of 61, and had he lived, would, from his unending supply of folklore, have given the necessary information to fill many books. I shall recount those of the tales he told me in the order in which he gave them.
- (i) The Roiligin field :- Divided from the school by a cottage garden is a field of irregular shape. This field adjoins two roads, these making a triangular corner thus > at one end of the field. According to my informant a small church and graveyard existed here about the early nineteenth century. No trace of either remain now but a small circular hollow about 24 feet deep and about 14 ft in diameter(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Redmond
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Ballinkillin, Co. Carlow
