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  1. My Home District

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    In our school district there are four villages - Bloomhill, Ballyduff, Conasera and Carralee. This village (Bloomhill) is on a height near the bank of the Shannon. Corralee is a low-lying disctrict between us and the river Clonascra also borders the Shannon Further South and Ballyduff lies east of it.
    Ballyduff -There are thirteen houses and 39 people in the village. Three families are Horans two are Egans, two are Sheas two Morans, two Dalys, one Flannery, one Boland. Nearly all the houses are thatched but during the last couple of years a few houses have been enlarged and slated.
    The village is called An Baile Dub on account of being plentiful near by. There is one man, Michael Claffey over seventy. He knows no Irish but can tell stories in English. There are ruins of three houses in Ballyduff. The people emigrated to America as they had only a few acres of land and could not live. The land is hilly and sandy with a bog way near.
    There are a few small woods (hazel). One stream marks its way to the Shannon through its village.
    Bloomhill:- Years ago the village was called

  2. Edmond Burke and His Connections with the Nagle Family and the Parish of Killavullen

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    James Barrett, Killavullen, who died in 1928 age 85 years told me that Edmund Burke's mother was Mary, daughter of Patrick Nagle of Ballyduff in this parish. She married Patrick Burke, a solicitor from the County Limerick. Edmund, the great orator and statesman spent a lot of his boyhood days at the home of his maternal grandparents in Ballyduff and often visited the district in later years.
    He also informed me that Monaminy Castle in this parish was used as a kind of Hedge school during Edmond Burke's stay in the district and that he received portion of his early education at this hedge school.

  3. The Landlord

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    for to bury you". Thank you said Kearney and I am off for Ballyduff to drink your Health.

  4. Hurling and Football Matches

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    About thirty years ago Kilmoyley and Ballyduff played a hurling match in Ballyheigue castle field. In them days there used be seventeen men at the side
    Kilmoyley won the match Ballyduff didn't like the decision of our late Michael Hurley as he was the referee. And Michael said do not interfere with me for you know my name id in every tree "Hurley"

  5. Ghost Story

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    candle was put into a bax, and put under the foundation of a church about twelve miles from Ballyduff village.

  6. (gan teideal)

    “We the pupils of the Ballyduff Boys N' School will wind up this book with a very funny story about a very funny man who lived not far from here some years ago.”

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    We the pupils of the Ballyduff Boys' N'School will wind up this book with a very funny story about a very funny man who lived not far from here some years ago.
    About six years ago, there died in the townland of Kilmore, an old man named Charles Farrell. He was better known to the inhabitants of Ballyduff and for miles around as "Ould Charley Sthup." Poor Charley was, as his nearest friend would describe him, a surly old crayrhu.
    No doubt his living alone in an old cabin for nearly half-a-century, had the effect of making him cranky and sour. His frequent visits to Ballyduff village for a few "bottles" were hailed with delight by the young "lads" as from a safe retreat behind a fence they would shout Sthup Sthup", when the poor old Charley would be coming near. His violent waving of his blackthorn, and the torrent of abuse he would subsequently shower on their heads would not deter the bla'guards from continuing and increasing these efforts to make Charley literally speechless with rage. (But it was not so much for his dourness, Charley was so well known for his caustic wit. The following true story proves that he was not so devoid of humour as his surly demeanour

  7. Sweet Kate of Ballyduff

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    Kind Bachus gave the stuff
    Farewell adieu dear maid to you,
    Sweet "Kate of Ballyduff".
    Composed aboout 70 years ago by a painter who lodged at Herberts house in Ballyduff. He was from Tralee, and was employed in Ratoo and wrote the song about Kate Herbert, one of the girls in the Herbert House
    The song was given by Mrs. J Herbert, Ballyduff, Tralee

  8. Hidden Treasure

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    When they heard that they went immediately and hid what money they had in Ballyduff Glen.
    Several attempts have been made to unearth it by the people of Ballyduff but no one ever found it. When the Crottys were at the scaffold to be executed they asked if there was any man there from Ballyduff. A woman stood up but they said "Sit down woman we would not tell our secret to a woman"
    The tresure consists of three big pots of gold. There is some kind of cloth around the pots.
    Betty Brennan lived alone in a cave in Araglen. She had lots of money. When she died she left the money in the cave.
    After a few days men went to the caveto open it but the door was made of solid brick and nothing could

  9. Local Heroes

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    William Hale is the most famed man in my district. He was noted as being the best man in the mountain for cutting turf. He is able to cut thirty loads of turn in three days. Many men challenged this opponent in the line of cutting turf but they did not succeed. He lives in Ballysaggart, Lismore, Co. Waterford.
    The most famed man in my Parish for walking was James Baldwin Tournageeha, Ballyduff. He was able to walk from Ballyduff, Co. Waterford to Limerick in nine hours.
    John Tobin
    Ballyduff was the fastest runner in my district. He was able to run one hundred yards in nine and the two fifth seconds.

  10. Holy Wells

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    The following is a list of the holy wells in my Parish:- Shean well, Tobar na hulla well, Tobairín na peadair, Tobairín na líb.
    Shean Well is in the parish of Tallow. Co, Waterford Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride. It is in Mrs Cunningham's land in a field which is called "The Liss". On the 11th of May people visit this well. St Carthage is mentioned in connection with this well. People got cured at this well.
    People said prayers while walking round this well. Tobar na hulla Well is in Tobar na hulla in the Parish of Ballyduff Co Waterford Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride. This well is often known as St Michael's well. St Michael visited Ballyduff once. Tobar na hulla well is so called because faction fights were fought and blood spilled near the well.
    People visit this well on the 29th September and say the rosary while making their rounds. People leave clothes at the well. Tobaírín na peadar is in the Parish of Balyduff Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride. The Blessed Virgin was seen at this well ten years ago. Tobarin na líb is to the north of Ballyduff. There is not any story told about it.

  11. Holy Wells

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    The following are the holy wells in my district:-
    Cunningham's well in the Parish of Shean, Tallow Co. Waterford. Tobarnahulla well in the parish of Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
    Tobairín na pheadar in the parish of Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. Tobar na Lib in the townland of Gortnapeaka, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. All of these wells are in the Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride.
    People still visit them on certain days. Cunningham's well is visited on a certain day but I do not know the exact day. Tobarnahulla well is visited on the 29th of September. Tobairín na pheadar is situated near a stream and it is said that about ten years ago the Blessed Virgin was seen there. Many

  12. Local Roads

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    There is a road from Ballyduff to the Ropallac called the Rocks. This is a very old road. It was made during the Famine.
    There is another road from Ballyduff to Fermoy. This is known as the Mocollop Road.
    Another road is starting at Mocollop grave-yard and ending at the 'Piers'. This known as the Glen Road because it runs through a glen. The Piers is a very hilly road to the north of Ballyduff.
    There is a Mass path through the hill from Coolishal to the top of the Ropallac. This was once a road.

  13. The Local Fairs

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    sold and a special horse fair was held in November. They had to be discontinued in Ballyduff as faction fights always took place in the evenings after the fair between rival parties, and the ill-feeling was kept up throughout the year, so the priests used their influence to stop them.
    This was before the railway was built, so when the railway was built the Ballyduff station was one and a half miles from Ballyduff village, this also encouraged the people to go to the adjoining town with their stock as the railway stations were more convenient there.
    In Tallow and Cappoquin the fairs are held in the streets, but in Lismore and Fermoy they are held on the fair greens adjoining the towns. In Fermoy when the farmers are taking their cattle into the fair field they pay a toll at the gate, two pence per head on cattle and a penny a head on sheep and a shilling for horses.
    But the other fairs are free

  14. Father Fogarty and Ussher Kiely

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    Their was a priest named Father Fogarty living in Lismore. He wanted to get a school built in Ballysaggart. He went to Ussher Kiely and asked him for a plot of ground to build a school. Kiely would not give it to him. The priest said there would not be a sign of a Kiely in Ballysaggart and that there would be a school there. Father Fogarty used to go to Ballyduff every Sunday to say Mass. For three Sundays Kiely and his man, Danny Ivers, watched the priest to shoot him. Each Sunday Kiely used to ask Ivers "did the priest pass yet?" and Ivers used to say "O, he is in Ballyduff with an hour". Ivers used to see him and Kiely could not see him and he used to pass in front of him.

  15. Ballyduff Races

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    Riardon owned Vanbay. So ended the famous Ballyduff races.

  16. Ballyduff Co. Waterford - Old Stories

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    There is a mass rock called "Carraig an Difrean". He stopped there and she could not see him any longer but she suspected that he was one of the robber Brennans. She quickly reported the matter to the police and on that night three of the robbers were arrested. They were tried at Waterford and sentenced to be hanged.
    When asked if they had anything to say one of them spoke and asked if there was any Ballyduff man in the crowd and that he had a secret to give him.
    There were Ballyduff men present but they were afraid to speak lest it should be thought that they were in league with the robbers.
    After a time a woman spoke and said she was from Ballyduff. The robber said "I will not tell any woman my secret for it was a woman who betrayed me, but I will say this much that there is the raising of millions in the hills between Inse an Aifrinn and Carraig na n-Opa. These words created great excitement and from that day till the day

  17. Local Place Names

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    which is called the druids tree because it is said that a druid blessed it. There is also another tree in Kilmeaden which is called the hangman's tree because during the Penal Times a man named Langley used to hang the people on it. There is a path in Ballyduff which is called the Mass path because during the Penal Times the people used to follow it to Mass. The Priest used to say Mass in Ballyduff under a bush and ever since that bush is called the Mass bush. I have heard since that there was a chapel in the Millstreat long ago and there was a graveyard there too. There is a stone in that field yet and there are little hollows in it the shape of saucers. Twas in those little hollows that the holy water used to be. That field has since been called the Chapel Field. There is a rock in Knockaderry and it is called the Cows Rock. It got that name because there was a cow there long ago.

  18. Local Roads

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    Local Roads
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    There are many roads in this district Ballyduff Kilmeaden Co Waterford. Here is a list of them.
    The Ballyduff road
    The Knockaderry road
    The New Line
    The Borheen Slac and
    The Amberhill road
    The Ballyduff road branches out from the Cork road at Mattews Cross which is eight miles from Waterford and ends at Ballyduff church. The Knockaderry road branches out from the Amberhill road and ends at a cross road leading to Annestown and Kill. The New Line which is about a mile from my house and runs through a glen. This is the main road from Waterford to Cork. The Borheen Slac branches out from Mattews Cross in the opposite direction from the Bally-

  19. Local Place Names

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    Langley, an English magistrate and other English soldiers were watching them and in the evening about 4 o'clock they arrested them and brought them to Waterford to be tried.
    There was an old woman named Margaret Murphy living near the Chapel in Ballyduff at that time. She is supposed to have seen the seven men being brought to Waterford. It is said that they came out the iron gate near the Priest's Grove in Ballyduff.
    The English condemned them to death at Waterford, and they were brought out again to Ballyduff to be hanged in Páirc na Crochadh.
    It is said that they brought them there to be hanged just to disgrace them. There is a ring there and a mound of clay in the middle with bushes, growing around it, and from an old shaft of a car they were hanged.
    On Christmas Eve 1811 it is said

  20. A Snowstorm

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    There was a funeral in Ballyduff Co Waterford, during this snowstorm, and men had to get shovels and make paths through the snow to let the funeral pass through.