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  1. Local Happenings

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    On the morning of the 24th November 1825 Patrick Dooley of Killuane, Gurteen, Woodlawn, County Galway, went to a fair in Ahascragh. He did not know the way very well and he went about twenty miles out of the way to the fair. He went very quick

  2. Holy Wells

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    the 1st to the 15th of October. There is a bush at the well and when the people are going away they throw pieces of rags or some old pieces on the bush. There is one in Ahascragh called

  3. Clothes Made Locally

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    There are no tailors in this district. The nearest tailors to us are in Ballinasloe and Ahascragh. Some of the tailors stock their own material and they sell it. The tailors do not go round from house to house making the suits for the people but they make them in their own houses and when the suit is about half made the person to whom it belongs goes in and fits on. Some of the people make their own shirts and knit their own stockings. The thread is not spun at home, it is bought in the shops. There is only one spinning wheel in my district. Long ago the people used to grow flax round

  4. Our Holy Wells

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    There are no holy wells in this district, but there is one in the parish of Ahascragh, and it is only a few hundred yards from the townland of Eskermore. There are some boys from Eskermore coming to this school. There is a pilgrimage to it on October 15th every year. The people go fifteen times round the well. A man brought a blind horse to it once. The horse was cured, but the man lost his sight. There is a man named Mr.Mahon living near the well. He too some water from it once, and he put it into a kettle. He hung it over the fire, but the water would not boil. The people drink the water when they are on a pilgrimage to it, and they leave their hats after them when they are going home. An old woman sells the water

  5. Saint Cuan's Well

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    Saint Cuan's Well is about two miles from Ahascragh. The exact history of this well is not known, but some people say that Saint Cuan stopped there to get a drink and that he blessed it.
    It has been the custom for a great many years people to assemble and perform the stations during the month of October. Of late years Fr. Brennan recites the rosary on the first Sunday after the fifteenth of October,

  6. Stories of Giants and Warriors

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    In olden times there were a lot of giants and warriors living in Ireland. It is not known for sure were there any of these living around Ahascragh.
    There is a story told about a giant that lived in Kilconnell. One day he got a huge rock in a quarry in Kilconnell. This giant did not want to have any monastery in the country so he thought to crush Eglish Abbey with

  7. Scéal

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    7) Once it happened than the mill now owned by Elliot of Ahascragh stopped. All sorts of men were sent for to set it going again but none of them succeeded. The man who owned mill always worked on a Sunday & often kept the workmen from going to mass. The priest heard about it and he cursed the mill and that is why it stopped. While some learned men were at the mill this day and a workman suggested that should send for the priest. They did and as soon as the priest entered the four wall of the house the mill started. The owned of the mill never worked on Sunday after that.

  8. Holy Wells

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    There is another well in Ahascragh called St. Kevin's Well. The people visit it from the 1st of October to the 15the. There are "round" performed there and there are a great many prayers and rosaries said beside this well. Several people were cured at it. The invalid and other people usually drink the well water. Others who cannot go to the well, but who believe in it firmly, are also cured. There are small offering made such as medals, scapulars, anguished hairpins, brooches and money

  9. Local Ruins

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    name was stanely.
    There is also a mill in Ahascragh but that one is working now.

  10. Holy Wells

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    There are no holy wells in this Parish but there is one in the joining parish.
    People visit them every year in honour of the saint they are dedicated too. There is one in Ahascragh dedicated to Saint Kevin. People go to it from 1st to the 15th of October and make the rounds

  11. Holy Wells

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    There is no holy wells in our parish but there is one in the adjoining parish in Castlegar in the town land of Ahascragh and the people go there every year on the 15 of October and make the rounds while going around the well some go round in there bear feet. The name of the well is St Kevin's well. There is another called St Brigids well in Bridswells and there is a pattern held there every year on the 15 of June.
    There is a flag beside

  12. Holy Wells

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    There is no holy well in this Parish, but there is a holy well in the adjoining Parish. The name of the Parish the holy well is in, is Ahascragh. The name of the well is St. Kevin's well. It is situated in Castlegar. There is a big tree and a bush at the well. When people go to that well they leave relics on that tree. Stations are made at that well every year on the 15th October. There is a stone at the well with the figure of Our Lord carved on it. The

  13. Holy Wells

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    There are no holy wells in our parish There is a holy well in the parish of Ahascragh called St Kevin's well in the middle of Castlegar lands.
    People visit it on the 15th of October and go through a station some in their bare - feet and others with there shoes on them. The priest of the parish attends there

  14. Local Roads

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    The names in our district are known by different names such as The road from Roscommon to Ballinasloe and another main from the cross roads to Ahascragh, then there are four or five by-roads in our district some of them lead to a bog and others lead to people's houses. The road which leads to our house and our bog was made fifty five or fifty six years ago. The old roads in our district are still used.
    There were roads made during the Famine times. There are no paths or by ways in our school

  15. A Funny Story

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    graveyard gate and the gate was open. One said to the other "Bring the mare in; the foal might be here". They were talking to each other. One of the men went out to the gate. The gambler heard the talk in the graveyard. He started to run. The man thought it was the foal that was coming calling to his brother that had the mare. "Here he is, bring out his mother". The gambler hearing the words got terrified and said "For God's sake let me pass to-night and don't bring her out and I will promise I will never gamble again. So, he never gambled after that.
    Agnes Costello, as told to my father Michael Costello, Killeen, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway

  16. (gan teideal)

    “Once there was a priest and he got a sick call.”

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    "The devil is on you." The man said "If he is he won't be long and he threw him into the river.
    Nellie Dillon, told to me by my father William Dillon, Killeen, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway

  17. Travelling Folk

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    They usually come round the October Fair. When they come they bring the news of the place where they were last. All the young people gather in to hear them. Some of them are very and more of them are rich enough.
    Agnes Costello
    Told to me by my father Michael Costello, Killure, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

  18. Famine Times

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    Six families died in Killure during the famine. Those who lived had to eat grass and every kind of rubbish. After the famine a terrible disease called the Cholera. The people died in hundreds from this disease. About forty people died from the Cholera in this district. They were dying so fast that they had to be buried without coffins.
    Patrick Dillon.
    Told to me by my father William Dillon, Killure, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

  19. Festival Customs

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    practised. There is a pancake made on Shrove Tuesday in each house, and there is put into this cake. It is divided among each person in the family and it is said that whichever person gets this ring that that person would be married first in that family. At Shrove a good many people get married and if any person could not get married it is said that he would have a puss on him. From this name we get Puss Sunday which is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. On this Sunday the people throw salt at any person who could not get married in Shrove. Shrove is called Sereft in this district.
    Evelyn Costello. Told to me by my father William Costello Killure Ahascragh Ballinasloe

  20. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Long ago the people used to put palm in the cowhouse. A cow without horns is called "Maol." The horse is put into a stable and is foddered and he also gets oats. The donkey's name is "Bess." She also gets hay and oats. The cowhouse is seven feet apart and two feet high.
    Mary Burns Told to me by my father Michael Burns
    Killure, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co galway.