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  1. Cill Garbh

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    The name of my home district is Kilgarriff It is in the parish of Knocklong. It is in the dioceses of Cashel. There are seventeen houses in Kilgarriff. There are two Noonans, Foxes, Mc Donnells, Condons, Tobins Dohertys, Murphys, Ryans, Fitzgerald, Healys, Roches, Collins, Hogans, Mc guires ; Mc graths, Fitzgeralds, O Donnells Colemans. There are twelve farmers and six laboures houses, There are nine slate houses and nine thatched. There are five moats. There are seven old people in Kilgarriff. The name of the old people are. Thomas Noonan aged 90 years Kilgarriff Ballylanders. Co Limerick, Mrs Fox aged 75 Kilgarriff Ballylanders Co Limk, Daniel Tobin aged 73 Kilgarriff Ballylanders Mrs Ryan aged 80 Kilgarriff Ballylanders, Mrs Mc guire aged 72 Kilgarriff, Mrs Johanna Mc guire 76 Kilgarriff Ballylanders, Patrick O Donnell Kilgarriff Ballylanders 70 There is very dry and level land in Kilgarriff,

  2. Éadach atá Déanta timpeall na hÁite

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    The tailors of our district are Jimmy Davern Ballylanders John Davern Ballylanders and Willie Hannigan Ballylanders. These three tailors work at home. You should take them the stuff to make the clothes. When making the clothes they use a scissors, and a sewing machine, and a needle and thread and a thimble and buttons. The clothes made at home are stockings and dresses and scarfs and jumpers suits and caps and cushions for cars and chairs they also mattresses.

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    “This man had a brother Jeremiah Kenefick whose house was very old and in danger of falling so he decided on building a new one beside the old one in an angle of a cross...”

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    where the Cullane road branches off from the main, Ballylanders to Mitchelstown, road.

  4. Townlands - Ballylanders

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    I live in the townland of Ballylanders which is in the parish of Cloyne and in the barony of Imokilly.
    There are eighteen houses in Ballylanders at present. Ten of them are slated and eight of them are thatched. Eight of those eighteen houses are in the village. Long ago there were twenty-six houses in this townland.
    The most common name in Ballylanders is O’Brien.
    Long ago a man by the name of Landers lived in Ballylanders and then this place was named after him.
    There is only one man in Ballylanders who is over 70 years and his name is John Cronin. He can speak a little Irish too. All the old people in this townland have died.
    The soil in Ballylanders is very sandy and the chief crops that are planted are barley, oats, beet, wheat and potatoes.
    Long ago lots of people use to emigrate to America from this place. Three of my uncles went to America some years ago but now they are all dead.

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    “At William Dwyer's house in Fahansoodra in the parish of Ballylanders there was a "poor scholar" called Donovan who taught the children of the house only...”

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    Pat Hannan, Ballylanders told me the following about schools and teachers.
    At William Dwyer's house in Fahansoodra in the parish of Ballylanders there was a "poor scholar" called Donovan who taught the children of the house only. He was fed and kept in the house and got about a pound a month wages.
    Another travelling scholar was called Gallaher. He went from house to house teaching. Barrets a house in Cullane Ballylanders was one of the houses in which he taught. Gallaher lived to be 90 years and when the first National School was opened in Ballylanders -- where O'Neills now live -- Gallaher taught there for some time.
    There was a Protestant schoolhouse also in Ballylanders at the east end of the village -- where P. Cleary Smith now lives. A Protestant teacher Anthony Bishop taught there. There were several Protestant families in the neighborhood at that time -- the Powells -- Carneys -- [?] -- and O'Neills.

    A quilter - Mrs. Hefferman -- lived in Ballyfruta about a mile from Ballylanders. She was great at quilting red-flannel quilts lined underneath with pure white flannel and all hand quilted together.
    A famous butter-maker called Nell Doyle lived in

  6. The Shootings in Mitchelstown in 1887

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    On the 9th of September 1887, Wm OBrien was to be tried in the Court House Mitchelstown for his activities in connection with the No Rent Manifesto in Kingston's Estate and other neighbouring Estates as well.
    The day before word went forth to Ballylanders, Hospital, Tipperary, Glen of Aherlow, Anglesboro' Kilbehenny, Kildorrery & Glenroe where some true and tried men were to be found, to organise and march to Mitchelstown the following morning.
    A procession, of close on half a mile long left Ballylanders, composed of horsemen, two waggonettes, two covered cars and several side-cars and common carts.
    The Ballylanders Brass band headed the procession with the Ballylanders Flag carried by Patrick Hannon, painter and Decorator who is hale and hearty still and who acted a brave boy that day by resisting all attempts to capture the Flag. In the end when completely

  7. Aonacha timpeall na hÁite, Iarthar Luimnigh - Local Fairs

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    Local fairs are held in Ballylanders, Kilfinane, Knocklong, Kilmallock, Mitchelstown, Emly, Elton Galbally. In Ballylanders and Kilfinane and Kilmallock and Mitchelstown and Galbally the fairs are in the towns and in Emly and Knocklong and Elton held in fields. When you would be going into fairfields you would have to pay two pence a head for cattle and a penny a head for sheep. When you would sell cattle you would give luck about a half-crown. Some buyers come to farmers buying calves. When the bargain is nearly finished the buyer would hit the farmer in the hand. The bargain is made. Then the buyer marks the cattle by cutting hair off wit a scissors or with mud or colour raddle. The principal fairs in Kilfinane are the 19th of May and 25th of Oct. The principal fairs in Mitchelstown are 25th of March the 25th of April 10th January. The principal fairs in Ballylanders are 16th of December and the 22nd of October. There is a principal fair for horses in Kildorney 2nd of May.

  8. Locally Composed Songs - Kilmartin's Farewell to Glenbrohane

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    he composed his "Farewell to Glenbrohane" He afterwards taught in Newport Co. Tipperary where he died in 1881.
    He was succeeded by a man named Herr who on marrying Gilmarten's sister the Prin. of Ballylanders Girl's Sch. was transferred as Prin. of Ballylanders B. Sch. One of their children was Prin. of Ballylanders G. Sch. till about 1924 when she retired after 45 years teaching.
    *I should have added that Michael Coffey the hedge schoolmaster had been four or five years a student in Salamanca

  9. Moats

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    There was a moat in the lands of Wallace (Killeen Ballylanders) and old Wallace - a father to the present owner got it dug out but he afterwards fell lame and was lame to the end of his life (taken down from Pat Hannian Ballylanders)
    Near the place where the moat was there was a little church cillín - mud wall 60' long by about 40' wide. The remains were knocked down only recently.
    Pat Hannon says it is believed that a treasure probably gold is hidden in the ruins of the old monastery in Ballylanders Churchyard. Several times people dug for it and dug very deep. The dividing

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    “Pat Hannon also told me a basket maker named Bill Twomey lived just outside the village of Ballylanders - he made sgíocs - for washing potatoes and baskets from sally rods...”

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    Pat Hannon also told me a basket maker named Bill Twomey lived just outside the village of Ballylanders - he made sgíocs - for washing potatoes and baskets from sally rods. In Duntryleague there was a man named Clancy who made the bodies of trap cars from sally rods. He says that two other weavers lived here - John Fitzgerald outside in the Bog (near the village) and James McGrath a thatcher and weaver lived in Carraturk.
    Maurice Foley of the village of Ballylanders make firkins and churns from pure solid oak. The timber was brought from Kingston's demesne in Mitchelstown and from Shanballymore in Co. Cork.
    There was a slate-quarry in Toorelegan in the parish of Ballylanders and slates were quarried there.

  11. Lucht Taistil na mBóithre

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    The majority, of them frequent the fairs in Kilfinane, Ballylanders etc and they all "turn up" for the "Pattern Day" in Ballylanders.
    The often bring stories and not infrequently are instrumental in making "matches" between distant people.

  12. Na Reiligí timpeall na hÁite - Iarthar Luimnigh

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    The local grave yards are Ballingarry, Ballinlanders, Galbally, Knocklong, Abby, Kilfinane, Darragh, Glenroe, Ballintubber, Ardpatrick. Ballingarry is in the townsland of Ballingarry it is rect-angle. Ballylanders is in the townsland of Ballylanders it is round. Galbally is in the townsland of Galbally, it is rect-angle. Knocklong is in the townsland of Knocklong. Abby is in the townsland of Abby it is rect-angle. Kilfinane is in the townsland of Kilfinane it is rect-angle. Darragh is in the townsland of Darragh it is round. Glenroe is in the Chapel yard. Ballintubber was in the townsland of Ballintubber. It is not in use now. Ardpatrick is in the townsland of Ardpatrick It is round.

  13. Musicians and Dancers

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    Dancing and singing competitions were many among rival parishes. Kilbehenny and Ballylanders held many contests and the boys and girls from this parish always took the sway. More than once it was a test of endurance, as Goldsmith put it: "The dancing pair that simply sought renown, by holding out to tire each other down"
    Most of the Ballylanders dancers wore dogskin shoes. Dogs, both terriers and sheep dogs, were much bigger then than now. The sheep dog of those days was as big as an Alsatian or Collie dog now. Many a fine one disappeared, the owner having no idea where it went. The dog was skinned. The skin was buried for some time in lime to take off the hair. It was placed between planks with oak bark over and under for some time. It was then cut out like the ordinary leather and made into shoes with light leather soles. If not required for dancing the soles were generally made of wood.
    I heard all about the above dancers and musicians from my deceased mother Mrs Mary Buckley of Ballylanders who was, herself, a great dancer and traditional Irish singer.

  14. The Men of '48 and '67

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    With the forming of the Fenian movement the young men of Ballylanders and Anglesborough threw themselves into the movement heart and soul. The Rising came and they prepared to strike a blow for their freedom if possible. Kilmallock was their objective. There was a wedding in Ballylanders that day. Billy Walsh's sister was married to one Moloney. During the night the boys stole the horses from the wedding house to take them to Kilmallock. When they reached Ballylanders only Wm O Neill a Painter, Will Lahive a tailor, and Ml Dalton a School Teacher, volunteered to go with them. They persuaded Dalton to stay at home owing to his position. Billy Lundon a personal friend & cousin of Dalton's acted a brave man in Kilmallock that day. He brought away the dead or dying Mr Cleary of Bulgaden who was shot beside him.
    During the next few decades we had the Coercion Act, the Land War, No Rent Manifesto. There is a large, tall, slated house adjacent to O Liver's Mill at Kilfinane. In this house Townsend, Lord Massey's Agent, lived surrounded by police and military.
    Evictions were the order of the day at

  15. Local Place Names

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    Ballylanders. The boys decided on a Plan of campaign and the cows were taken out of the pound - stolen off - but the next morning again the police had again captured them and brought them back. There was an iron hut on the lands to protect the police. Quane and Gorman were afterwards re-instated but Barret was not.
    Kingston owned all the land from Mitchelstown for a radius of ninety miles at one time. He lived in the castle at Mitchelstown. He was very wicked. One day a poor widow complained to Kingston that her son was not going on as she wished. Kingston said - "Bring him to me I'll make a good job of that boy." She brought her son and Kingston said "This will be a good boy in the morning" When she came next day he said - "I have your son alright now". He showed her - her son swinging from the shafts of a car.
    It is believed Kingston died eating his shoulders. "The Inch" name given to a field near Morning Star river at the Bridge on the Knocklong Road.

    Paddy Kelly The Cúl Ballylanders an appleman brought sixteen stone of apples from Mitchelstown (a distance of about 7 miles) on his back to Ballylanders - a Sugán tied round the bag to hold it on his back.

  16. Social Ballylanders

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    The author of the following verses was D. J. Kilmartin of Ballylanders. He taught school in Glenbrohane and Ballylanders, was a great scholar and gifted poet. He used to write for the Fenian paper - The Nation - and some priest home from America at one time collected his poems and had them published in America. He was a personal friend of Mr. D. Joyce of Glenanaar and Glenasheen. He wrote anonymously.
    the verses were taken down by me from a copy of his poems in the possession of (Miss) ISA Herr) (about 32 years)
    Ballylanders
    Co. Limerick
    who took them from her aunt a granddaughter of the poet Kilmartin.

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    “In my young days the boys used to play bowls on the mountain foot road between the Lishleen boreen and the top...”

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    In my young days the boys used to play bowls on the Mountain Foot road between the Lisheen boreen and the top of the Line Road (i.e. along the road from Anglesboro' to Galbally, see Ordnance Map) . The bowls were made of metal and very often stones were used. They used to play on Sunday mornings from 6 o'clock to 9 and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. when they had to go home to milk the cows. Every year we used have Challange matches between Cullane, Ballylanders and the Mountain Foot. Both sides of the road used be black with people looking at the challange matches. The police use to come from Ballylanders to stop the matches but when they were gone the boys were off again in full tally-ho.

  18. The Late Reverend M. Barry P.P., Ballylanders

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    The Late Rev. M. Barry P.P.
    Ballylanders
    Father Barry was born at the hill of Knocklong in '46. His people were farmers.
    An address was presented to him by the people of Ballylanders on his removal from the parish, after six years ministry to take up duty in the parish of Gortnahoe, Co. Tipperary.
    The address was signed on behalf of the parishioners by the following:
    Michael Condon chairman
    John English Hon. Treasurer
    F.B. Dineen Hon. Secretary
    Nov. 20th, 1886
    Father Barry was appointed P.P. of Ballylanders in Sept. 1896 and ministered here until 1935 when he died. Owing to senile decay he did little or no duty for part of '34 + '35.
    On the occasion of his 65th year as Priest the people of Ballylanders presented him with an address, and a gold chalice and beautiful cape.
    He died at Ballycarron, Bansha on the 4th Nov. 1935 and was interred in the church grounds on the 6th Nov. 1935.

  19. Aonacha timpeall na hÁite - Iarthar Luimnigh

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    The local fairs are held in Ballylanders Kilfinane, Knocklong Kilmallock, Mitchelstown Elton Emly Tipperary, Galbally. In Ballylanders Kilfinane Mitchelstown Kilmallock and Galbally the fairs are held in the Streets. In Emly Elton and Knocklong the fairs are held in the fairfields. Going into fairfields you would have to pay two pence a head for cattle and a penny a head for Sheep. Sometimes the buyers go around to each house buying the calves. The luck is given according to the bargain. The luck generally given is a half-crown or five shillings. The way that farmers finish a bargain is one of the farmers hits the other in the hand. When cattle are bought they are marked with a chalk and sometimes the hair is cut off their back with a scissors.The days that that the principal fairs are held in Mitchelstown are on the 22nd of May the 12th of November the 10th of January the 25th of March the 25th of April. The days that the principal fairs are held in Kilfinane are on the 25th of October and the 19th of May. The days that the principal fairs are

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    “Tom the Mower of Glenlara (at the foot of the Sliabh Rí in Co. Limerick) was a wonderful mower...”

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    Tom the Mower of Glenlara (at the foot of the Sliab Rí in Co. Limerick) was a wonderful mower. He mowed an acre of hay every day for six days of the week with a scythe. No one ever beat him at mowing. "He was a powerful man with a chest like a haggard. The young men of this day are only like Suzáns to compare with him." His surname was Tobin but he was known by the name "Tom the Mower".
    Pat Hannon says the old mill called "Doherty's Mill" a little way from the village of Ballylanders was a tucking and knopping mill. Flannel was made and the knopping raising knops on the material woven. From Ellen Rea of Glenbrohane (2 miles from the village of Ballylanders) I learned that the sheeps' wood was taken to Doherty's mill to be carded - it was then taken home and made into thread and then brought to the weaver. Her father Johnny Rea & her brother Oliver Rea were both weavers. They had looms and made flannel from the wool thread. She says that they also made linen for sheeting on the looms - two sticks (I think she meant treadles worked by foot were worked