School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)
- Location:
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 326
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- There is a tradition in Poulacapple that as Diarmuid O Duibhne was returning from a deer hunt on Sliabh na mBan and Drom Dearg his horse was swallowed up in a hole in the bog. Hence the name Poul an Chapaill. A deer found in Poulacapple bog about 1850, the antlers of which can be seen at Poe's of Harlepark, bears out the tradition of the escapade of Diarmuid Ó Duibhne. A deer's skeleton found in Poulacapple Bog about 1850 is now at Poe's of Harlepark
- Another tradition tells that when St. Patrick was passing through Poulacapple his horses went down in a hole and were lost and that is how place was named.
- Collector
- Mary J. Tobin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Poll an Chapaill Thoir, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Drom Dearg, mentioned so often in connection with the Fianna hunting tales is the hill which rises from the main Clonmel Dublin road to the right hand as you leave Nine Mile House going in the Kilkenny direction. The hill has, indeed, a reddish(continues on next page)
