1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kingscourt (C.)

School: Kingscourt (C.)

Location:
Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Ní Cholgáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 058

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 058

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: Kingscourt (C.)
  2. XML Page 058
  3. XML (no title)
  4. XML (no title)

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. (no title)

    “In Eniskeen there used to be an old Catholic Church long ago...”

    Share Share Post
    In Eniskeen there used to be an old Catholic Church long ago, it was destroyed by the Yeomanry, and changed into a Protestant Church hundreds of years ago. There was also a great battle fought with knives in Eniskeen.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English

  2. (no title)

    “During the Penal days two Croppy hunters were riding along...”

    Share Share Post
    During the Penal days two Croppy hunters were riding along in the upper part of Kingscourt parish.
    They met a young catholic boy on the road. One of the men wished to shoot the boy, but the other would not allow him. He told him to spare the boy and bring him home so that he would work for him. He ordered the boy to sit behind the other man on the horse. When they were going
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit