Fairy Tale
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There is a man in Kilcoole by the name of Mr. Sherlock, he has a field by the name of the
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“A battle was fought in Newtown on 4th June 1798 (The day Lord Edward Fitzgerald died in Newgate prison)...”
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A battle was fought in Newtown on 4th June 1798 (The day Lord Edward Fitgerald died in Newgate prison) The King's forces stationed at Mountkennedy, with the help of the "Yoes" of Delgany, Kilcoole and Newcastle against the United Irishmen (Rebels) for Faith and Fatherland. The combat raged all day long. The Rebels forced their opponents to retreat three times during that memorable day. In consequence of the ferocity of the encounter many were killed on both
Dancers
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Miss May Conolly of Kilcoole is an exellent Irish dancer. Her favourite dance being the "Slip Jig".Mr Cumans is also a perfect Irish dancer. He was working with Mr Petan but now he is gone home to Meath. His favoutite dance the "Hornpipe". While he was here in Wicklow he lodged with Mrs Wallace.
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“One night a man was going home to Newtown...”
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One night a man was going home to Newtown. When he was passing Mr Tottenham's wood some one started walking behind him. When he got to the finger post he stood until the person came near him then he said " in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" You take your road and I will take my road and immediately the man disappeared.
William Hunt. Kilcoole
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“Kennedy was called the informer in 1798...”
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Leathanach 259
My father Mr. F. Hunt told me this story. Kennedy was called the informer in 1(8)798. He was lifting a big stone on the road which leads to the sea and he overated himself. There was a woman passing down the road and her name was Mrs. Byrne. Kennedy said, "he was dying," and Mrs Byrne said, "die, and the devil die with your you," so he collapsed. He was buried in Kilcoole grave-yard and a piece of grass never grows on the ground which is over his heart.
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“Not very long ago I heard a fairy tale...”
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Leathanach 266
Not very long ago I heard a fairy tale. There is a little lane in Kilcoole, in which two houses are situated. Not far down the lane is a corner which is called the white woman's corner. It happened that one night some man got a white sheet and he sat on the stone in the corner and waited for Mr. May, as he reached the corner he saw the white man. He was turning back and the white man jumped off the stone out on the lane. He was taking the sheet from around him when he saw a white woman in front of him and he died soon after the fright he got.
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“Once upon a time a man was working down in Mr. Evens farm...”
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he had to pass fields. He was crossing a three-corned field, and a band of fairies caught him, and carried him off to the rocks. The next day his parents went everywhere looking for him but could not find him anywhere. A couple of days after he came home and soon died.
William Hunt. Kilcoole
Co. Wicklow.
An Old Fairy Tale
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In the Ball-Alley of Kilcoole, Mr. Mc.Donald lives and every night he used to hear a lot of noise. This night he and another man went out to see what it was but they could see nothing. The next night the same thing happened and it kept on night after night. Then one night Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and a few more went into Mr. Mc.Donalds house and kept watching out through the window to see what was going. A couple of hours after it happened. They saw a lot barrels rolling along, there was a man in front of them and a dog leading the way it was the fairies. When they got down a bit the people came out and when they saw that they all ran home to their own houses.It happened 55 of 56 years ago.
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“At Ballyenarin, - along the coast between Greystones and Kilcoole, - there is a mound in a corner of a field.”
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At Ballyenarin,- along the coast between Greystones and Kilcoole,- there is a mound in a corner of a field. This is said to be the remains of the site of an old fort. The owners of the field have always considered it unlucky to tamper in any way with the 'fort' as it is called, or even to plough the ground near it.
Some old people around remember a time, over fifty years ago, when there was a thorn bush growing on the fort. Old pieces of rags are said to have been tied on the thorn bush by people in search of cures for various ailments
Nothing but grass is now growing on what is still regarded almost as 'holy' ground.A similar mound exists on a farm near the "Downs" village. Several years ago in defiance of the local superstition that it was unlucky to plough this particular part, work was started. The story goes that as soon as this spot was touched one of the horses
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“There was once a man who was a cruel sinner one night he was drunk and he was sitting at the corner when he heard a lovely band coming up the street...”
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band coming up the street when he looked up he saw a crowd of faries coming for him he tried to run but the faries caught him and brought him down to the Raheen he saw many strange things when the faries were taken him home he began to curse terrible they threw him in a river and some men found him the next morning before he died he told them this story.
My father Mr C. Green told me this stone story.
One upon a time when St. Kevin's lived in Glendalough and he was looking for a (sight) site to build seven churche's so he went into a farm yard one day and he saw a goose and he went over to it and hushed it and it flew seven miles all round and every mile he went he lit and St Kevin built a church and ever after it is called the seven churches.
James Greene. Kilcoole.