1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Drumcharley, An Tulach

School: Drumcharley, An Tulach

Location:
Drumcharley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Nig Dhubháin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 098

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 098

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: Drumcharley, An Tulach
  2. XML Page 098
  3. XML “St Moculla”

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. St Moculla

    Share Share Post
    Many years ago there lived in Tulla a saint named Moculla. He built a monastery on the hill of Tulla behind the Boys National School. People from all parts of Clare came to this man to be educated. It is said that this holy man had a bull and that this bull used to go to Ennis every day for provisions for his master. One day as he was coming from Ennis he was met by robbers somewhere around Caraghan. The robbers, it is said, attacked him and he roared very loudly. St. Moculla heard him roaring and he cursed the robbers. People say the robbers were turned into three stones somewhere near Caraghan school and that these stones can be seen there yet. At one time St. Moculla was at war with
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Ógáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tome, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Peadar Ó Mhuineóig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Cloondanagh, Co. Clare