1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

Location:
Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 021

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, 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: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen
  2. XML Page 021
  3. XML “Another Story about Castlegrace”

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. Another Story about Castlegrace

    Share Share Post
    Another story about Castlegrace
    Long ago it is told that it was a custom in my district for the people to wait till the cock crew before they went to the fair.
    One morning two men were going to a fair. They thought they heard the cock crowing but is was a mistake. As they were travelling along the road they heard a cock crow and then they knew that ill-lick would follow them because they left their homes before the cock crew They walked on together and as they neared Castlegrace bridge they heard a great trotting similar to that of a horse running at a terrible pace. So terrified were they that they ran under the bridge and from there beheld a terrible
    (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
    Josie Prendergast
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bohernagore West, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mary Prendergast
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bohernagore West, Co. Tipperary