1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Dernakesh (B)

School: Dernakesh (B)

Location:
Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Comhraidhe
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 324

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 324

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: Dernakesh (B)
  2. XML Page 324
  3. XML “Local Heroes”
  4. XML “Local Hero”

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. Local Heroes (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    the best man in the parish so he got the name of "The Hero". He had two fists as big as your head and they were called mallets.
    At the same time there lived in Scurvy a very poor man and the grippers came and seized his cattle. When they were coming down the lane Pat marched out in front of them and shouted "Leave them back". The three men challenged him but they soon found he was too able for them and so they were forced to leave them back and steal their way home across the fields. In a few days afterwards the police came to arrest him but all in vain. He defied them and ran after them with a stick, so they had to let him go and get home as quickly as they could.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Local Hero

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continues on next page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Madabawn, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallonreagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Brian Mc Cann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killatee, Co. Cavan