1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe)

School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 08_030

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 08_030

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: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe)
  2. XML Page 08_030
  3. XML “The Local Patron Saint”

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. The Local Patron Saint (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    to poor people. There is a church built in the parish called after her. There is also a holy-well called St Brigid's well. This well is in the village of Duagh. Many people visit this well. It is supposed that there was a monastery there at one time. There is a story told about the saint and a certain man. Once the saint was herding sheep and an other man had sheep also and seven of them were stolen, and he came to Brigid
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cornelius O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry