(1) There is said to be gold hidden in a field near Coill Ruadh (Coolrua) quarry. It was placed there by the Dwyers of Kilnamanagh at the time Cromwell invaded the castle. This well was opened by the sappers but a soldier appeared to them. There is gold and silver hidden in this well but the supposed amount of money is not known because when the Dwyers were burying the money

There is gold hidden in Coolrua quarry. It is under a big stone. It was placed there by the Dwyers of Kilnamanagh and attempts have been made to unearth it .Animals are supposed to mind it and lights has been seen near it. People say there is more gold hidden in the Castle belonging to the Dwyers and a bull is minding it

Long ago in 1649 when Cromwell invaded Dundrum the Dwyers of Kilnamanagh would give no surrender to him. They went out into the Cashel field which is now the property of James Heffernan of Dundrum and buried in the field thousands of pounds. Nobody ever heard tell of it since and nobody could find the hiding place although it is said that many a man during the Mauds time looked for it and failed to find it.

Castle - once a monastery - and still bearing an old-world appearance. The door of the castle is the original door - studded all over and fastened inside with a huge, rude, wooden bolt. One can see where the moat has been and the drawbridge. The stone circular stairs is still in use. As a matter of fact the only thing missing from the old castle is the top storey which was blown off, not many years ago, by a tremendous storm, and wasn't rebuilt - the roof being put on again, without the top storey.It was in Kilnamanagh that St Kevin spent his novitiate, and it was while reading his "office" that "Kathleen" first saw him. She returned again and again to see him, and in the end tried to speak to him. But Kevin would have none of her and taking a handful of nettles struck her in the face telling her to be gone. Immediately Kathleen fell on her knees begging his forgiveness, and on the spot a well sprang up. This well is still known as St. Kevin's Well, though the water has been changed, through a shore, to the other side of the castle.When Cromwell was in Ireland he made Kilnamanagh Castle one of his strongholds. The

Inch
Inch from Innse a swampy place in the barony of Elrogarty. it is watered by the camogue river which rises on a hill or small mountain in the barony of Kilnamanagh and joins with the Clodagh near Drombane. The combined rivers join the Suir farther south. The greater part of the district of Inch is swampy and boggy and thickly wooded. Inch demesne, graveyard, Catholic Church and school are within its boundaries.
The Barony of Eliogarty was once by the O'Fogarty clan. It was sometimes called Southern Ely to distinguish it from Ely O'Carroll.
The territory of "Ely" got its name from Eile of its princes in the fifth century and from being possessed by the O'Carrolls was called Ely O'Carroll, which comprised the present baronry of Lower Armond. The O'Fogartys owned many castles or residences - Castlefogarty, Inch, Fishmoyne, Rathleasty But Castlefoarty is not really in the Baronry of Eliogarty but in Kilnamanagh.
The crest of the O'Fogarty clan was an arm in armour embowed holding a sword. Their motto was "Flead agus Faibre."
Tipperary is in Irish, Tobar D'arainn signifying the "Well of Arainn" and so called from the adjoining territory of Arainn. In Tipperary are valuable coal and iron mines and extensive slate quarries.

The Castle of Ballysheeda is one of the three castles held by the O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh the others were at Glasdrum and Dundrum. It stands beside the public road three miles North East of Cappawhite. It is in a good state of preservation and it must have been built many hundred years ago. The walls are very thick from four to five feet. The mortar is said to be mixed with the blood of animals outrivals best modern cement. A stone stairway from the left of the door which faces east brings you to the middle floor. From the landing on this floor the stairs was continued in a circular tower right to the top, but the steps have been pulled away. Here lived Siod O'Duibir Prince of Killnamanagh Silken O'Duibir so called from the richness of his dress or the smoothness of his manner and from him the townsland is said to have derived its name.

My home district is Anacarty in the parish of Donohill in the barony of Kilnamanagh. It is called after an old woman who lived in the village and whose name was Annie Carthy. Others say that it got its name An na Ceardia from a ford which was near a forge.
There are eight families in

Parish Donohill, Kilnamanagh Lower.
The Kill Field is one of our fields. It is a big field. Why it got its name is because long ago there used be a lime kiln there

I live in the townland of Gurtrush. Gurtrush is in the parish of Ballintemple. Both are in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It begins at the village cross. There are about 16 houses. The land is hilly, and dry. There is no lake or river in it but there is a very big wood. The houses are mostly slated. The name most common is Ryan. Gurtrush means the red field because the soil is red.

Cloneyharp is in the Parish of Clonoultry situated in the County Tipperary and in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. Roughly there are about thirty families in it which comprises about two hundred and forty people. Ryan seem to be the most common name in the district. Some of the houses are slated and others are thatched. Old people tell us that long ago a battle took place in Cloneyharp and there were so many corpses after the battle that it was called "Clúain na gCorp" or Cloneyharp which mean "the meadow of the corpses". Most of the older people are dead but a few still remain. Probably some of those old people are able to tell us stories in English, but it is very doubtful if they would be able to tell us stories in Irish. The houses are more numerous now than they were long ago. There are few of these old ruins to be seen at present. Long ago several people emigrated to America from this district. The land in the district

Hedge-Schools were very numerous in this district over a hundred years ago. One in particular I heard the old people spekaing about was in Upper Cloneyross in a place called the Rookery, in the parish of Rossmore, in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower, and in County Tipperary. It was an old thatched cattle shed. The teacher and pupils had to wait outside in the morning until the owner let out the cattle and cleaned the shed. A grandfather of the Molloy's taught in this Hedge-School. The Molloy's are at present living at Farney castle about three miles west of Thurles. Of course there were no National schools in Ireland at that time and the country was sorely oppressed by

The LandlordIn my district which is Kilnamanagh, the local landlord is Major O Hara, a native of Annaghmore. His ancestors have been there for nine hundred years. It is said that the O Haras were descended from the son of a king of Munster in the third century.Major O Hara is looked upon as a very very good landlord, he never evicted anybody in my district yet.He divided a bog, called Annaghmore bog between his tenants, and every man got a share of it. There is no bog given there now, because they did not go when it was divided.

The Breedogue river is shallow in many places and can be crossed by means of fords at Breedogue Bridge, Bella Bridge, Cloonshanville Bridge and at these places people from opposite sides of the river met and exchanged goods. The places in the neigbourhood of the bridges are thickly populated. The Lung River is also shallow and before St. Brigid's Church in Breedogue was built the people in West Callow went to Mass in Kilcolman in Ballaghaderreen parish. There was then no road from the district and the Lung River was crossed by means of a ford. This river is now crossed by a metal bridge and an old resident in Callow - he is now over 90 years - says that he well remembers having attended Mass in Kilcolman. This old man is Dominick Murren. He lives in Callow in the Parish of Kilnamanagh, Barony of Frenchpark, Co Roscommon.On Sundays and holidays and on the long evenings in Summer the young men and young women in the adjoining townlands congregated at the crossroads and whiled the time away by telling stories, relating current events in the locality or by dancing and here too in some(?) field close to the crossroads, many of the games, such as football, hurling etc. were played. Stone throwing, lifting weights, jumping, boxing etc were practised when the young men met. And as a rule it was at the crossroads the bonfire was kindled each 23rd June. The crossroads was the meeting place.

My father has a house and holding of land in the townland of Cloonmagunane and in June and December each year he pays an instalment to the Irish Land Comission on account of the purchase of this. The estate on which the holding is situated formerly belonged to Lord De Freyne, Frencpark, but about twenty-eight years ago this estate was sold to the Congested Districts Board and until then my father paid a heavy rent to this landlord for a small holding of land. This landlord's family settled in the district upwards of three hundred years ago. The tenants in Slieveroe and Cartoon Beg as well as in Ratra and many other townlands paid rents to this same landlord, but the tenants in Callow, Carrownurlar, Runnabehy and some other townlands in this district paid their rents to Mr. Lonsdale - an absentee landlord - while the tenants in Kilnamanagh and Clooneen paid their rents to another absentee landlord.
In November each year the rents became due and these were collected by the landlord's agent. The agents required immediate payment of the full amount but in some instances a little time was allowed, if on representation to the landlord personally that he was unable to dispose of pigs, cattle, etc. owing to bad fairs and on promise that he would meet his liabilities to him within a given period which was generally a short one, but if he failed to pay within the period his live stock, cow, or some other beast or beasts were seized by the bailiff and sold to pay the landlord.

Local Saints
We do not know much about the saints that lived in Ireland long ago. In our own district there are three saints that we have heard about. St. Patrick, St. Attracta, St. Asicus. Above Frenchpark there is a place called Rath Croghan. A King lived at this place and he had two daughters. They knew nothing about the true God. Early one morning these two girls went to the well for water. It happened St. Patrick meet them at the well. He knew they were not christians. He instructed them in their faith. They asked to be baptised. So St. Patrick baptised them at the well. There is a holy well in Kilnamanagh called St. Patrick's well. There is another in Killaraght called St. Attracta's well. St. Attracts divided the waters of Lough Gara one time. St. Attracta's feast day is not a holiday of obligation. St. Patrick's day is a holiday of obligation. It is kept on the 17th March. A saint lived in Elphin called St. Asicus. He was the first bishop of our diocese.

Holy wells.
In my district there are many holy wells. In Kilnamanagh there is a holy well called St. Patrick's well. It is said that St. Patrick visited this place one time. In Killaraght there is another holy well called St. Attractas well. Saint Attracta spent some time praying at this well. Some years ago there used to be a pattern held at this well on the 11th August. Hundreds of people used to come to this well. When they were returning home they used to leave something after them at the well. Beside Lough Gara there is a place called Annagh. There is a holy well in this place called St. Patrick's well. St. Patrick must have visited this place one time.

Folklore 31-1-39.
Years ago there was a priest living in this parish named Father White. At this time the usual way of carriage was horse-back. It was a very dark wintery night and a person from Kilnamanagh came for the priest. Everybody was in bed, for it was about two o'clock As he came near Sharkey's bridge the horse frightened stood up and would not move one step. The man did not know what was wrong So he came down off his horse. He could not hear any sound and he could see nothing. He went up on his horse again and the horse would not go. The poor man was in a hurry and he was going on a sick-call No matter what he would do with the horse he would not go. So he did not know what to do. The man had to stay there until day light. He was perished with the cold. Then the horse crossed the bridge without any trouble. The man was glad when he reached the priest he told him the length he was there. The priest got ready quickly and the two went off. People say ever since that the horses always see something at night

them home in the evening and cleaned them and then they found they shown like gold. They were heavy too, but to prove were they gold or not they began to hammer them to see were they soft. Fortunately they did this only to the larger one. When I heard of it I went to see the articles. They were of copper I believe but with beautifully chased rims. I put them in contact with the National Museum and I believe the museum purchased them. The following year in the inner bank they found a firkin of butter deep down in the bog at the fourth spit one of the Mahon's told me. I had some of the butter here in the school for a long time. But as there were nails in the firkin I believe it was one hidden away in the old tithe days. I promised that greatest of Irishmen Mr. Henry Morris that I would be on the look-out for further finds in this area and see they would not be spoiled. But nothing has since been found. The gravel bed of this bog is most peculiar consisting as it does nearly all of shells more like those at the sea side than fresh water shells. I had two of three samples of it here but they have disappeared. To the north of Sheevanan is the village of Carrowreagh but as its name implies there is nothing of interest here. But to the north of this again is Kilnamanagh.

Some say Edmond Ryan or as he was more commonly known as Ned of the Hill was born in Gleneneigh previous to the year 1690, while others say he was born in the townland of Atshamboe. His father's people had suffered death during the Elizabethan rebellion and his mother's people were the O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh. Originally intended for the priesthood he was educated on the continent but some untoward event marred his vocation. Tradition says it was a duel.
At any rate he returned to his native Upperchurch at the time when the red blood was flowing on Aughrims plains. Ned sought to pay back the British for the injustic they had done to his ancestors. Hunted and hounded he was from post to pillar but his deeds of bravery against the foe made history in a short time. Pursued by the British military the escapes of Ned sound familar nowadays.
According to tradition it is said that on one occassion Ned was harboured at Upperchurch in a house of one Reuben Lee. Lee was tempted by the great reward offered

b) About seventy years ago, in the townland of Graneera, parish of Upperchurch barony of Upper Kilnamanagh, Co of Tipperary, a hedge school was established. The teacher was Elias Shaw Co Westmeath. His cane was a long sally rod about five feet in length. None of the pupils attending the school wore boots or stockings. His punishment was a stroke of the rod across the shins. It is told that many a time he put the shins of children bleeding. I knew him to be a very severe man on his own children. He married a local girl, reared a large family. Very seldom he went to Mass, therefore he was not liked on account of this drawback. The Story goes one day of one of his pupils who did not know his lesson. A man of twenty-two or twenty-three years, big stout, an a very able fellow. “Teacher to pupil” Stephen” “a fat belly never made a wise head.”
Reading – Short Accounts – Spelling were the subjects taught.
He excelled as a teacher of Short Accounts.