Story from: James O'Connor.
Ballingaddy. Kilmallock."A Legend of Ballingaddy Lake"There is a lake in Ballingaddy and there is a legend told about it. This is it:-Long ago there lived two old giantesses up the mountains. One day they fought and one of them ran away to a smaller mountain. This she thought was too small so she came down to Ballingaddy to get some land to make the mountain higher.
When she came near Ballingaddy Chapel she took an apron full of earth and went up again. When she was going up by Ardpatrick the strings of her apron broke and the earth fell out and it was never taken away. That is how the hill of Ardpatrick was formed and it is also where Ballingaddy Lake is now, where she took the earth from.
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Eileen O' Connor, 12.
Ballingaddy,
Kilmallock.

set of rules.The first match played locally under G.A.A. rules was played in Kilmallock 50 years ago between Ballingaddy and Gormanstown, Ballingaddy winning by a point. The hurleys were home-made, ash being the wood most favoured. The ball was much heavier than the one used to day. I think it weighed 8 or 10 ounces. There are only six members of the Ballingaddy team alive to day, William O'Shea, Paull Barrett, and David Bourke - the other are in America. When shall we see their likes again.In those days there were other amusements, such as hand-ball, bowling, weight-throwing, running and jumping. It was no unusual sight to see the men at the cross-roads in the evenings weight-throwing (popularly called "casting"), others would assemble in some field and try each other's mettle at running and jumping. In the united Parishes of Kilmallock and Ballingaddy there were some celebrated Athletes notably, Larry Roche, the Feore Brothers, and Willliam O'Shea. John Flanagan was world champion weight-thrower, and Frank O'Brien scarcely less famous.

Ballingaddy Pond
1. Patrick Biggane
2. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
3. 14 years.
4. Schoolboy
5. Ballingaddy, Ballingaddy.
6. Patrick Biggane
7. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
8. 6 months ago.
9. 14 yrs.
10. November 9th, 1937

Ballingaddy is a village about one mile south of Kilmallock in the County of Limerick. Ballingaddy got its name from a robber named Black - Dwane.In olden times before trains were invented, robbers attached the coaches passing by, and robbed the people. Dwane was famous for this business and the place where he lived was called Baile an Tarás [?] which means The town of the robber. The village is now known as Ballingaddy.Kilmallock got its name from a Saint named Morceallóg who lived in Kilmallock in the seventh century. Morcheallóg built a small church at Kilnallock Hill. The remains of the church can be seen up to the present day. The Irish name for Kilmallock is Cíll - Moicheallóg [?] which means The church of Moicheallóg [?].Ard-Patrick is a village 4 1/2 miles South-East of Kilmallock in the Country

Fairy Forts
1. Patrick Biggane
2. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
3. 14 years.
4. Schoolboy
5. Ballingaddy, Ballingaddy.
6. Mrs Biggane
7. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
8. 7 months ago.
9. 55 yrs.
10. January 25th, 1938

Home-made toys
1. Patrick Biggane
2. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
3. 14 years.
4. Schoolboy
5. Ballingaddy, Ballingaddy.
6. Mrs Biggane
7. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
8. 6 months ago.
9. 55 yrs.
10. January 12th, 1938

Food in olden Times
1. Patrick Biggane
2. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
3. 14 years.
4. Schoolboy
5. Ballingaddy, Ballingaddy.
6. Mrs Biggane
7. Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.
8. 7 months ago.
9. 55 yrs.
10. June 1st, 1938

Ballingaddy.There is a man living in Ballingaddy by the name of Mr. Gorman. Outside the house there is a big stone and there are three nice holes in the rock about eight pence would fit in each hole. It is there a very long time.I was looking at it about three months ago.
Mr. Gorman did not know it was there at all at first when he came there. He was there nearly a year when he saw it first.

lies under the mountain peak known as 'Blackrock' (Carraig Dubh an iolair) & lies between the townlands of Toor & Fanningstown. All that I have been able to find out is that 'the black robber Duane' made a refuge of the glen. In the glen is the small waterfall known as Eas Mór (Spout mór the people call it now). The volume of water is small though the fall is about 20ft or so in height. It may be interesting to recall that in this connection the old & present parish of Ballingaddy (Baile an Ghadaidhe) lies a half mile or so to the north stretching from Ardpatrick to where it meets the parish of Kilmallock north of Ballingaddy church.
I have not been able to get any tradition regarding their connection.

A couple of miles below Kifinane there is a townland called Ballingaddy. The following story is told of it.
There is a graveyard in Ballingaddy but formerly it was in Lawrencetown. Tradition tells us that the dead were not content in this place, for one night as four men were returning after card playing they saw a great cloud- as they thought- about half a mile up in the air. They saw four visions accompanying it, they followed it and soon discovered that it was the graveyard. When it was nearing it's journeys end they saw an old woman kneeling on the ground and waving her hands. She pointed to where she was kneeling. The graveyard sank down there and she instantly disappeared. It came to earth at the back of the church and it is there still.

Ballingaddy PondBallingaddy pond is situated two miles south of Kilmallock. This pond was formerly a bog, and men were cutting turf in it some years ago.One day as they were working, they heard some terrible noise, as they thought on the road near by. They came up and walked out on the road to see what was the noise. They did not see anything and walked in again. When they walked in the pond was full of water, and all their instruments

Pat Maguire, Ballingaddy.Old Tale.There is an old man living in Ballingaddy and in his farm there are three wells. The people that were coming in for water were knocking the ditch of the road. So after a while he closed the three wells and one morning when he came out he saw the best horse he had dead, and there were two cows and an ass dead also.One morning he got up very early to go to a fair. He washed his face and when he went to comb his hair there was no hair in his head, and it never grew afterwards.

A Hurling Match About sixty years ago two parishes often played against each other. One time Ballingaddy and Kilmallock played against each other.Ballingaddy won.They played very rough games.
The started on the border of each parish, and tried to play the ball to a certain place. As many men as were in the parish could play.They could pick up the ball and run with it. They played through the fields. It was an extra heavy ball.One time a man named Billy Linnane broke his leg in a game. He fell into a dyke when he was running with the ball and

There once lived an old witch near the Galtee mountains and she said that they were too low. One day she came down to Ballingaddy with an ass and cart for a load of earth to make the mountains higher.
She took a load of earth near where the chapel is now. When she was going up near Ardpatrick the car heeled and the earth fell out there is the hill where it fell and there is a graveyard on its summit and there is a lake where she took the earth.

Story from: Daniel Murphy
Ballinahown. Kilmallock."A Ghost Story"There is a moat in a field near Ballingaddy. There is a farmer living near it. He is always getting drunk when he goes into town.One night as he was coming home drunk he was singing at the top of his voice. When he came near the moat he suddenly stopped and he thought he saw a white object standing on the moat and it had a head as big as a barrell, and it had a very small body and no legs. It was leaning up against a trunk of a tree.He gathered himself together and walked another bit. He looked again and this time it jumped to the top of the tree, and down again. Then it started to moan a long mournful sound.
Then the man ran home and all that night there were sounds and tramping of feet around the yard.From that day until this he never got drunk again.This was told me by Daniel Murphy who is seventy five years, and is now dead.
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Maureen O' Connor 13-
Ballingaddy
Kilmallock.

Mr David O'Connell (farmer) Ardpatrick Kilmallock.
My informant is a relative of Mr David Lillis previously mentioned.
Further tales as to this strong man can be obtained from Mr Michael Dennison, Kilmihill, Ballingaddy, Kilmallock.

In olden days hurling was far different from what it is to day. It was a case of one Parish or Town-land challenging another, for instance Kilmallock versus Ballingaddy. The match used to start after the mass about 12 o'clock at a point central to the Parishes, and continue until dark. It was a case of carrying or striking the ball to the player's own Townland or Parish. The number of players was unlimited, there were no rules, and a crooked stick called a "scoob" or "scoobeen", was used. The players were attired in their ordinary clothes, except when a player discarded his coat and vest and maybe his boots, so as to give more freedom to his movements. If a player was carrying the ball in his hand it was permissable to strike him and make him drop the ball. Goals or points were unknown. The group of men who took the ball "Home" or nearest home at the game were declared Victors. It was 50 years ago when hurling was first played in a field, and governed by a Referee, or had any of the features of the game as we know it to day. The Teams were limited to 21 a side. Goal Posts were then erected, and goals were the only scores recorded. At a later period a ball going over the cross-bar was regarded as a point. It was only 24 years ago that hurling as we have it to day began to be in vogue; with the hurlers limited to 15 a side, and governed by the same

A big Carraig.Once upon a time three lived a great strong man on Black Rock mountain, which is about 8 miles from Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. One day he was trying his strength. He caught a big stone and threw it off the mountain and it lodged in J. O. Rourke's farm Ballingaddy, which is about 6 miles from the mountain. The great stone can still be seen and the print of the man's five fingers can still be seen on the side of the rock.The man's name is not known.

A MoatA moat is situated in the Parish of Ballingaddy, which is approximately two miles south of Kilmallock.
This moat is owned by Mr. Dolan. This moat is very bare because the owener cut the bushes off it.
It is said, when he cut the bushes his hair fell off. I do not know whether this be the true reason, but the fact remains that he has no hair.

Hill in Scotland. He was dressed in a white armour suit.In later years when he was growing old he entered the Dominican Order in Kilmallock. He was transferred to Youghal where he died soon after.At the right hand side of the high Altar are two recesses in which Edmond Fitzgibbon and his wife are buried. Some years ago people from Ballingaddy broke the slab over his grave expecting to get jewels under it. The slab is still over his grave but it is broken into two parts. It is said that continual drop of water