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  1. Folklore - Aughrane Estate, Ballygar

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    The Aughrane estate was owned by Denis Kelly who lived in Castle Kelly near Ballygar. He was a descendent of the O'Kellys of Hy-many and claimed to be heir to the Kingship of Hy Many. He built most of his houses in Ballygar which included the protestant church and the market house. He planted most of the woods between Hollygrove and Ballygar and along the Eastern slope of Mt. Mary. He was not a bad landlord and was not harsh on his tenants, but he had one very glaring fault. He was a proseltiser. He tried to induce those living around on his estate to forsake the catholic religion. For this purpose he established soup kitchens and preaching rooms at various places in the parish of Ballygar. The people who attended those places were called "soupers"

  2. Folklore - Landlords

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    The Aughrane estate was owned by Denis Kelly who lived at Castle-Kelly near Ballygar. He was a descendant of one of the Chieftains of Hy-Many, and claimed to be heir to the kingship of Hy-Many.
    He built most of the houses in the town of Ballygar, and also the Protestant Church and the market house. He planted most of the woods between Hollygrove and Ballygar and along the eastern slope of Mount Mary.
    He was not a bad landlord and was not harsh on his tenants, but he possessed one very grave fault. He was a proseletiser who tried to induce those living around him on his estate from the Catholic Church. For this purpose he established soup kitchens and preaching rooms at various places in the parish of Ballygar. The people

  3. Folklore

    “Not far distant from the village of Ballygar, there was a castle.”

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    Not far distant from the village of Ballygar, there was a castle. It is now in ruins, only the two end walls are to be seen. This castle was owned by a man called Pergu who was a cruel land lord. He had one son. When Pergu died a man named Baggot got possession of it.
    One morning about 30 years ago a young boy was going to serve mass to Ballygar. He noticed two men following him. He got very frightened and began to run. To his surprise he found the men got out ahead of him. He knew them. They were ghosts. They were crossing and recrossing his path but they did not come near him because he had medals and the blessed things on him. When he arrived in Ballygar he was exhausted and frightened. He told the story to the priest and the priest said it was Pergu and his son who followed him

  4. Local Fairs

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    The local fairs are held in Roscommon, Athleague, Ballygar, Mount Talbot, Brideswell, Ballyforan, and Four-Roads. The fairs are held in the town of Roscommon and Ballygar. Buyers often come to the farmers houses to buy the stock.
    The fairs are held in the streets of Roscommon, Ballygar, Mount-Talbot, Brideswell, Ballyforan, and Four-Roads. There are fair greens in Ballyforan and Athleague. there is luck money always given. It is called luck money. When a bargain has been made the parties strike their hands and some people spit on their hands. When the animals are sold the owners will put marks with red or blue raddle. Some people mark them with mud, others clip them.

  5. The Local Roads

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    The Local Roads
    The local roads are known as the New Line, the Old Road, Up the Hill, the Ballygar Road. The New Line leads to Ballyforan and on to Ballinasloe. The Old Road leads to Dysart and on to Ballinasloe. The Ballygar Road leads to Ballygar and on to Galway. The Roscommon The road Up the Hill leads to Athlone. I can not tell when they were made but the Old Road must be the oldest road. Some old roads lead from this district to Athleague and another old road leads to Ballyforan The are used now and an again but they were the principal roads to those places at one time There are many old roads

  6. Buying and Selling

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    horse-hair, feathers, broken wool and old rage.
    The markets in this locality are held in the villages of Mountbellew and Ballygar now. They are held in Ballygar every Thursday, and they are held in Mountbellew on Tuesday.

  7. Fairs

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    The cattle fairs are held in Ballygar the 18th of every month. The pig fairs are held on the Thursday before the 18th. About 16 years ago there used to be eight fairs in Ballygar during the year. There were no one held in May, September, November andn December. Cattle, sheep and pigs used be sold on the same day. They used to bring out the pigs at 2 o'clock in the morning and then come home for the cattle. There used be two fairs in Newbridge one time where the Chapel is built. The fairs were held on the 16th October and the 1st of May. The dealers marked the cattle with chalk.

  8. St Brendan's Well

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    I obtained the following information regarding St. Brendan's Well (see opposite) from Pat McDermot, St. Brendan's, Ballygar aged 66 years, born and reared in St. Brendan's. Received the information from his father and mother when he was young. His father and mother spent their lifetime in St. Brendan's.
    I also received some of the information from Patrick Kelly, Doranstown, Ballygar, aged 65 years. He was born and reared at Creagán about five miles from his present home. He received the information from his father about 40 years ago.

  9. Denis Kelly

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    The Aughrane estate was owned by Denis Kelly who lived at Castle-Kelly near Ballygar. He was a descendant of one of the chieftains of Hy-many and claimed to be heir to the kingship of Hy-many
    He build most of the houses in Ballygar including the Protestant church and market house. He also planted most of the woods between

  10. Denis Kelly

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    Hollygrove and Ballygar along the eastern slope of Mount Mary. He was a notorious vagabond and possessed many grave faults. He was a proseletiser who tried to induce those living around him or his estate from the catholic Church.
    For this purpose he established soup kitchens and preaching rooms at various places in the parish of Ballygar. The people who attended these places were called soupers. In some respects he was regarded as a good Irishman according to his lights. He rarely spoke anything but the Irish language and

  11. St Brendan's Well

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    There is a well over near Ballygar named St. Brendan’s well. The reason it is called that is St Brendan visited that place long ago. It is about three miles from Ballygar and it is about one mile in of the public road in the middle of a field. Out from the well there is a stream running into a low place and it forms another little well there and round the well there is a stone wall with an entrance going in. In the middle of the stream there is a large flat stone with the picture of the crucifixion engraved in it.
    There is a station to that well every year on the last Sunday in July as that is the day St. Brendan visited the place. The station consists of the Rosary and they go around in their bare feet and they say the rosary three times around the well. Then they go

  12. An Old Story - Blunach Iníon Mhanannán Mac Lir

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    Dlunach the eldest dwelt in the Corralough lake which is situated one quarter of a mile south of Williamstown, and her sister Glionn had her dwelling in the Ballinalough lake and her other sister lubhar lived in the Ballygar lake.
    Dlunach was often seen by he people of Williamstown driving round the lake in her chariot and going on a visit to Ballinalough lake and to the Ballygar lake.
    At this time a famous blacksmith named John McDermott lived in Williamstown and he wass a noted swimmer and diver, so one day during the absence of the Lake Dweller he dived down to her crannog to investegate it so he saw a beautiful chest safely secured with bands of silver and other metals but he was unable to remove it so he decided to return and made grappling irons with the intention of removing the treasure chest before the witches return.
    He did so and informed some friends who lived on the lake border, and who armed themselves with shot guns lest the occasion of using them may occur.
    The smith John McDermott

  13. Landlords

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    Pollock was the landlord of this district in the year 1853. He owned Creggs, Milford, Fairfield, Skehard, Curraghbeg, and Glinsk.
    He evicted between (eve) eleven hundred and thirteen families in the year 1855. He then started to knock all the small houses of the tenants and make large grazing places of all the holdings.
    Denis Kelly lived in Aughrana near the village of Ballygar. He was the landlord of that district, and carried out many evictions on his estate. He also built the town of Ballygar, and also the great market place. There is also a round tower in Killroran graveyard that was erected to his memory.
    The Caulfields were the landlords in Donamon. They were very kind to their tenants, and held great

  14. The Man and Horses

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    This occured in Muicne near Kilronan Ballygar. There was a farm lying near to the next two place and the Muicne man had it made up between them to go on

  15. Marcus Hickee

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    A man in NewBridge. He's a kind of a poet. He was in Denis Kellys time - He belonged to the Red Branch Knights - he was the cause of all these jumpers and supers around Ballygan district. He got the protestent church built in ballygar (its now demolished). He went on a Sunday to the priest who was blessing the people with holy water. He saw the man and

  16. Landlords - Pollock

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    would bring them to Ballygar to sell them and she would sit behind coming home. Coming home she would bring herrings, tea, sugar and all sorts of goods for the shop in the cliab.

  17. A Story

    “There were two tramps going to the fair of Ballygar ...”

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    There were two tramps going to the fair of Ballygar and all the money they had was one penny. The man that had the penny said to the other "I will buy a pig for

  18. My Home District

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    My townland is Curranaughla my Parish is Athleague and I am in the Barony of Killyne. My village is situated north of Aughrane bog. There are thirteen houses and a population of about sixty-five people in it. Out of he thirteen houses only two are slated, eleven thatched and one galvanised. This village is three and a half miles from Ballygar town and about five hundred yards from Aughrane bog and this bog is situated on the southern side of the village

  19. A Funny Story

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    There was once a man who lived in Killeroran, Ballygar and his name was Tommie Keighrey. HE was noted for his witty tales. He used to work for the priest and one day he was making a gap between the parson's land and the priests land. A man came up and asked him what was he doing and he said he was making a gap between heaven and hell. This man is only dead about two years.

  20. Local Fairs

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    The local fairs are held in Four Roads, Roscommon, Athleague, Ballygar, Ballyforan, and Mount-Talbot. The fairs are held in the streets of Ballyforan and Ballygar. There are fair greens in Roscommon and Athleague. Toll sometimes is paid. They have to pay a penny for a sheep and two pence for cattle coming out from the fair. The fairs are not held on hills or near castles or forts.
    Annie Lawlor,
    Tibarney,
    Athleague,
    Roscommon