1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Streamstown

School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

Location:
Baile an tSrutháin, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
S. Garland
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 232

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 232

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Streamstown
  2. XML Page 232
  3. XML “Local Ruins”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Ruins

    Share Share Post
    There are many old ruins in the townland of Streamstown but the principal one which I am writing about is the barracks at the Railway Station of Streamstown in the parish of Horseleap and in the barony of Moycashel. The English police held it and the Irish were trying to take it by force.
    One Sunday the castle was attacked by the Irish and the people from the district were going up to help the Irish when two men from the Boher district were going to the Station they met two policemen going to Mass. They brought them into Joe Mac Loughlin's house and
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Stokes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeve, Co. na hIarmhí
    Informant
    James Finnerty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Creeve, Co. na hIarmhí