On the Leinstermen's graves Brian Boru lived in Kincora outside Killaloe, the king of Leinster and his men went to Brian Boru to pay him tribute, and while they were there Brian Boru's son Morrogh and the king of Leinster had a dispute over a game of chess. The king left and Brian Boru sent a messenger after him. He got up to him crossing the bridge from Killaloe to Ballina. The king killed the messenger, when Brian Boru heard it he got very vexed and he followed him. He got up to him at Joe's gate, they had a battle there, Brian Boru won the battle and when the king was dying he asked to be put up higher on the hill so that he could see his own province.

The chiefs burnings of note occured in the year 1932. Captain Twiss's mansion was burned to the ground and the signal cabin and goods store in Killaloe were also burned. There was a very big conflagration in Killaloe last June. which threw sixty hands out of employment. The house was belonging to Mr.McKeogh of Ballina, Killaloe, Co. Clare.
The only plague that the very old people remember occured in the year 1850. It was particularly raging about Northern Ireland. Men and women died like flies. Some of them at their homes and more of them died on the roadways. Immediately after death they used to turn black. They were taken away and buried immediately. There was one case of the plague in O'Briens bridge which is worth relating. A man named John Kelly died in O'Briens Bridge. He was taken to the Lisheen Island to be burried. When they people had the coffin lowered they heard the man rapping at the lid of the coffin. The people took fright and ran away. Some of them jumped into the Shannon and more of them ran away home. The people who stayed at the burrying ground took off the lid of the coffin and the corps sat up and began to speak. The man went to America afterwards and got to be a very rich man. The people said afterwards that it was only in a trance he was. My father's mother was at that funeral and often traced it to my father who told us about it. After that incident the custom was to wake the corpse two nights.

sheering their sheep at a very small cost. There is an old man named James Ryan living in Kilmastula. His age at present is 96 years. He was a Cooper by trade. He used to make churns, barrels, butter firkins, milk-cans, and pigeens. There was another Cooper in Killaloe named O'Connor. He used to make the same things also. This work is work that is all done now by machinery. There are several factories in Ireland now for that purpose.
In olden times there were three lime-kilns in this locality. One was owned by an old man named Mr. Gleeson of Cragg, and Mr. Thorne and Mr. Sullivan of Cragg owned the other two. The only lime Kiln in this locality now is worked by a man named Mr. O'Malloy from Barna near Newport. He supplies the greater parts of North Tipperary, and parts of Clare, and Limerick with lime.
In olden times Killaloe was noted for salmon and eel fishing. These fish were very plentiful and were hawked around the country and sold to the people at fourpence per pound. Several families made a good living from this industry. There were several eel-weirs on the Shannon between Killaloe and O'Briens Bridge. Those were owned by people from Ballina and Castleconnel. A small rent was charged for those Weirs, something about thirty shillings per year payable to the Board of Works. Mr. Mackey, Mr. Hartigan and Mr. Enright all of Castleconnel outbid the Ballina fishermen and paid nine pounds a year. Now the present Government have taken over

In olden times hurling was the national pastime. It was called Hurling Home. The parish of Ballina challenged the parish of Birdhill and the hurling ground was the Pollocks. The goal was from Killaloe to O'Brien's Bridge. The Ballina men to win should hurl the ball across the bridge at O'Brien's Bridge and the Birdhill men to win should hurl the ball across the bridge at Killaloe. The game started after Birdhill Mass and continued until six o'clock that evening. When the Ballina men would get a run of the ball they'd never stop until they'd hurl it to Parteen and out through the Lisheen churchyard and on to the Tinkers hill. The full forward that day was a man named

The Banshee is practically an invisible being. Although people say they have seen here (but) it is only an imagination. My father thought he saw her one night sitting on a pier near Barnane castle. He was coming from a meeting of the N.U.R at Ballybrophy. He thought he saw the beautiful maiden on this bright moonlight night about thirty three years ago combing her hair and he really did believe that it was the Banshee. It was a well known fact she visits those places where a person is about to die. He heard from the chairman of the N.U.R the following morning that a daughter of Cardens of Barnane castle died suddenly that night. She was not seen or heard in that locality until twelve months ago when another of the Cardens died suddenly. There are families in Ireland where the Banshee visits singing the song of the Banshee.
The only ghost story I ever heard of was (really) John Mac Mahon a railway employee went into Killaloe one night to a tailor who was making a suit of clothes for him. When he arrived in Killaloe the clothes were not finished. He said he would wait until they would be finished. He had them done at twelve o'clock midnight. He then started to walk home and he came along the Killaloe Branch railway. When he entered the straight road he saw a white object approaching from the direction of Birdhill. She was walking between the two rails and he was walking outside. They both passed each other and neither of them

A favourite game was "Hurling Home" and it was a most exciting game. Two neighbouring teams would meet in a field equal distance from both villages such as Kilbane v Clonlara and they ussed meet in Mack's hurling field near Cappakee hill. The ball would be thrown in and the game would start over ditches and hedges through bogs and marches each team trying to bring the ball home and an immence crowd of spectators cheering them on. It may take the whole Summer to decide one of those matches as night would fall before they would be near home. Another favourite game was weight throwing, swinging the bar, and handball. Cock fighting was also greatly followed, not an unusual thing to see crowds wending their way to the Glenn Killaloe with their game cocks under their arms. The games would commence about ten o clock and would finish about nightfall. Bets were also laid on good game birds. There used be cocks from Kilbane, OGonnelloe, Killaloe and nearly all the districts. The champion cock of this district was Catherine Hickeys little cock.

sluice gates and she was easily found but the other being still swept on was found about a mile and a half down the Shannon by a man who kept her under water because she was putrid.
When the coffin came the body was taken from under the water and buried in the churchyard of Ballina. On July 15th 1932 Annie Noonan of John's Lane Killaloe went out bathing at the Jetty about three hundred yards from the Main Road on the Balllina side of Killaloe and was drowned.

the man was drowned. then they dragged the canal and found the body immediately.
The body was taken to his home in Newtown. Next day an inquest was held. In the evening the remains were brought to the Parish Church. The following day the funeral took place at Killaloe. It was the saddest occurance that happened in Killaloe for many years.

The late Patrick Noonan of Killaloe was a great nailmaker. He lived on the Canal Bank where he carried on his trade. It was not by machine he made those nails but by hand which was the old-fashioned way.
The late Tim Maher of Killaloe was a great firkin maker. Coopering was a profitable business at the time as butter fetched a high price in the market. There were no creameries and all butter was packed into these wooden firkins and sent to the nearest market town to

little shop. She is an ardent supporter of De Valera and he never fails to see her when he is in the vicinity. The district around Killaloe is very hilly and the soil (very) sandy with the valleys very fertile.
Killaloe itself is full of historical interest. Here was the palace of King Brian Boru. His grandson's grave (Turlough) lies within the precincts of St. Flannan's Cathedral. It may be mentioned that Turlough was called the illustrious King of Ireland, and was so addressed by Gregory VII.
Kincara was the home of King Brian the Brave. Not far from Killaloe is Thoum Thinna (the Wave of Fire).
This mountain is situated about two miles behind the village of

My home district is Killaloe; it is built on the banks of the Shannon. The name of my townland is Newtown. There are about thirty-three families in Newtown and almost three hundred people in it. Hogan is the commonest nam in Newtown.
The oldest people I know living in Killaloe are Mrs. Connell and Mr. Keogh, the both tell English stories. At the present time there are more houses. The place all round is very hilly and

There is a cross in the Glen at Clarisford - the residence of the Prod. Bishop of Killaloe. It is all patched up as if it (were) was badly broken. It was supposed to have been brought down in a flood from Clonmacnoise. There is also in the Prod. Church an archway in which is buried the (bog) body of the grandson of King Brian Boru. It was beautifully decorated and very much admired until some ruffian out of hatred for the people and their faith defaced it. The fact was bitterly commented on by the Bishop of Killaloe when a party of people came to visit the archway. There are other

sticking out at the end of Cos-ann.
Ardclooney - Height of the meadow Clarisford on the Clare side a mile below Killaloe is an adaption of Air-a-Cláir - the ford of the plank, or plank bridge. It is not known for certain whether the name refers to the main ford at Killaloe or to another beside Clarisford and opposite Friars Island in the river a ford which the Friars rendered safe by constructing a bridge of clairs or planks. Most of the old people think however the latter is the real Air-a-Cláir.

It is unfortunate that our information concerning St Flannan is so scant.He was the son of Turlough King Munster and therefore he was a born prince. When he was yong he was under the care of St Blathmet who was a very holy man. After a time he came home to his parents at Killaloe and was under the care of St Lua. The town and diocese of Killaloe get their name from St Lua.After some time under the protection of St Lua St Flannan became famous for his holiness in countries abroad. St Flannan was so pious that he made the name of Killaloe famous.He was consecrated bishop

The Glen
About two miles northwards from Bridgetown lies the Glen. It is within a couple of miles of Killaloe and is sometimes referred to as the Glen of Killaloe. It is said that the ancestors of the present inhabitants of the Glen were from the north of Ireland, and that as they were coming homewards from the Battle of Kinsale they came upon the Glen and entered there to rest and refresh themselves. There they and their descendants have since remained. The people of the Glen have always been noted

there was a big tomb erected over him in 1883. There is also another tomb erected in memory of him at Tineranna gate on the right hand side of the road as you go to Killaloe.
His agent was Mr. Hunt in Limerick and he used to come to Killaloe to collect the rent. When any two farmers had a rough they would go before Mr. Purdons green table and he would settle the matter. He used to travel on horseback and in a carriage.

if it is examined closely, red hair can be seen on it. When St. Caimin saw what the workmen had done he would not let them finish the tower. There is a holy wel on the island which is called "Our Lady's Well". The shape of this wel is round, and there is a hole in the side of it into which people put offerings when they come to visit the well. When the Danes came to plunder the island they took the bell of St. Caimin's Church. When they were putting the bell into the boat the tongue of the bell fell out and dropped in the water. The water was very deep, so the Danes could not get out the tongue. It is said that the bell rings every seven years on the 25th March. The Danes brought the bell to Killaloe where it is to be seen yet in the Protestant Cathredal in Killaloe. Inniscealtra was a pagan sanctuary before Christianity came to Ireland. MacCreiche who

On the 18th December is celebrated the feast of St Flannan Patron St of this Diocese. He was born in the year 610. He was son of Turlough prince of Thomond. He entered a monastery in Killaloe under St Molua and after a short time he was made Abbot. In the year 641 priests and people assembled and demanded that Flannan should be their Bishop. He went to Rome and was concecrated Bishop by John the 4th. He was an eloquent preacher and led a most austere life. He not only organized the Diocese of Killaloe but his

well. Several people got cured of running evils at this well and it is a wonderful well for the cure of eyesight. There must be something very remarkable about this well because there is a bush growing near it and it is still growing green while all the other trees have died away.
The first Sunday in July is the day appointed to give rounds at this well. Sometimes on a dray Summer's day you could walk across from the railway side but if the water was high there would be a boatman there to take you across for a penny each trip.
My father remembers on one occassion an excursion came from Limerick to Killaloe and had to stop at the Friars' castle because there were too much people on the line going to and from giving rounds.
The name of the Saint of this well was St. Lua. St. Lua was a cousin of St. Flannens who was the patron Saint of Killaloe one time.
Before the Shannon Scheme started the people of Killaloe and Ballina held several meetings to protet against the submerging

My home district is Killaloe a (picturegue) picturesque town situated at the southern entrance to Lough Derg.
Long ago there lived in an island in the vicinity of Killaloe a saint named Lua and it was from this saint that the town got its name.
All the houses in the town are slated and the approximate population is about twelve hundred. There are some songs about Killaloe one of which is as follows :-"Cast your eyes where'er you
may
Theres beauty everywhere