I am living in Marston, Parish of Ballyduff. Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride. There are about ten families in the townland. The family name most common in my district is Kenneally. All the houses are slated. I do not know how the townland got its name. There are about four people over seventy in my home district. They do not know Irish. Their names and address are Mrs Pierce, Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Cork. Mrs Fuller, Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Cork. Mrs Kenneally, Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. Mrs Spillane, Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. Houses were more plentiful in this district long ago. There are about six now in ruins. There is one wood in it names the Black wood.

Ballyduff are gone.

The local roads are the main road to Kilcommon Cronovone road Ileigh road Pallass road Cullohill road Gurtnacranna road Ballyduff road Ballnahow road Ross road. The Cronovone road is from the Cross of Gurtnabarna to the Cross of Cronovone The Ileigh road is from the Cross of Ballyduff to the Cross of Knockahorna. Pallas road is from the bridge of Pallas to Borrisoleigh. Cullohill road is the road from the Cross of Ballyduff to Kerns Cross Ross road is from Kerns Cross to Borrisoleigh The Knockahorna is from Borrisoleigh to the Cross of

This information as received from Mrs Morrissey, Ballyduff, Aged 72 years.

The Saint traditionally connected with our district is St. Columba. The present Church in Ballyduff, Parish of Ferns, Co. Wexford, is called St. Columba's Church, as the name has been handed down from older Church's in the half-parish Ballyduff old Church was situated in a field belonging to Mr. Byrne, Ballyduff now called Kilcomb Graveyard.Part of these Parochical Grounds was used as a graveyard since the old Church was erected. When the present one in Ballyduff was built, the old one was levelled and was also used as a graveyard for a number of years after.We had also a hall which was burned about four years ago near the present Church called St Columba's hall. It is said that it was so called because it was opposite Kilcomb Graveyard about half a mile from the place.

There is a field in my district Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. It is called "The Rock Field." The reason it is called "The Rock Field" is because long ago that field was thickly wooded and the crows built their nests there. There were so many crows there that the people called it "The Rookery." After about two years the wood was cut and the people did not call it the Rookery any longer but for a short name they called it "The Rock field."
There is a stream in Mr Kenneally's Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. It rises in a wood and flows about one quarter of a mile then it enters under the ground and flows about one mile under ground. It connects with another stream near Ballyduff and it flows into the river Blackwater.
There is a hollow in Mr Fuller's land Marston, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. The people say that a horse was grazing on this field and the (horse) ground broke under him and the horse was not seen any more.
There is a furze bush in Mr Sullivan's field Shean, Tallow. In that furze bush a hare always lay, People often trued to catch the hare with dogs but they always failed.

Tuber na Hulla, Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. On the north west side of the village of Ballyduff and at a distance of three and half miles from the village, on a slope of the mountains is the district called Tubber na halla. It is reached by leaving the main road from Ballyduff to Fermoy at a distance of about two and half mile from the former and ascending a narrow and ragged road up the hill for about one and a half mile.
The district is itself is in a valley surrounded by a hill on the North, West and East. A pilgrim need not look for the well called Tubber na Hulla for it occupies a very prominent place on the side of the road in the centre of the valley. The well is also called St Michael's Well. Directly over the well is a large spreading tree, on it are hung beads, medals, crucifixes and leaflets. There are three or four little wooden altars, fixed here and there on the trunk and branches of the tree. On these altars are wooden figures of Our Lady, and crucifixes and figures of some saint (probably St Michael the patron saint of the district and of the parish of Ballyduff in which the district.
The feast of St Michael is kept on Sept 29 and up to the present date the well is visited but now only by the people of the district.
Within living memory people from far and

Some people say Slí Fada is one of the five great roads leading to Tara, but my father said it is one of the Dublin roads. It starts right at our iron gate leading in off the high road and on along by the verge of the hills in front of our house till it runs up to the pailing and out into Bracken's crossing on by the graveyard out into Mulvehan's till it reaches Ballyduff and from Ballyduff on through the top of the hill of Tunnycross into Croghan.

About 50 years ago many football matches were played between two townlands, Ballyduff and Marshallstown's teams. Fifteen men generally played on each side. The match was played in a field belonging to Mr. Doran, Ballyduff and other places also. The Ballyduff team always won fame on the field wherever they played.The Ballyduff players were dressed in white jerseys with their name and address across the front of them and navyblue pants.
Marshalstowns players were dressed in red jerseys and white pants.The game was played by putting two large stones in the goal space, and if the ball goes over these stones it is a point and it must go exactly between to be a goal.The ball was made of leather, and it was larger and heavier than the balls of the present day. It was often kicked out of the field, but it was not kicked from one townland to the other because they are a good distance apart.

There is an old disused grave yard in the land of Michael Barry Ballyduff Killavullen. It is over 100 years ago since it was used. The last family to be buried there were the Heffernan's but in '47 people were buried uncoffined in the ruin of the church. It was the second graveyard to be consecrated in Ireland and it was consecrated in the year 460. In former times the graveyard was much bigger but about 100 years ago, before the land came into the posession of the present owner it was made smaller. The two adjoining fields around the graveyard are called "Páirc Na Cille". In former times there were three entrances into the graveyard one from Ballyduff, one from Ballincurrigh, and the other from Cloghula. This shows that at one time it was the burying ground of this locality. The main entrance was from Ballyduff.
It is one of the oldest graveyards in Ireland if not the oldest. The oldest person living does not remember any one to be buried in it. In former times unbaptised children were supposed to be buried in it. There were head stones and foot stones

known in my district as "the fair of the spunanes", so called because the first fruits of the season are sold there. There is also a cattle fair held in Abbeydorney. It is called the "fair of the Cross", and is so called because it is held at a cross-roads. It is held on the 1st of December each year or, as the local people say, three weeks and three days before Christmas. The village was there before the fair was established. There are general fairs held in Causeway, one on the 2nd of April, one in May and one in November. In former days a pig fair was held at Ballyduff but this fair is not held now. Sometimes "jobbers" come along to farmers' houses to buy cattle. This is not done on a large scale now as farmers prefer to take their cattle and pigs to the local fairs.
The Ballyduff fair was held on the 1st June each year. This centre was not convenient to the local people, Ballyduff

Some fifty years ago there were held in Ballyduff some of the greatest races in North Kerry - outside of Listowel Races. The races were held in Reidy's farm - now Robin Browne's near Ballyduff, and sometimes in Thade Hanlon's fields, near Rattoo Cross. The horses would come from Clare, Limerick, Cork, and then there were a lot of local horses in those days. The Committee were composed of the most respectable men in the parish. It may surprise the reader to learn that there were also a donkey race, and talk about fun! Surely there was nothing to equal it! But alas those days are gone, like the old fairs of Ballyduff, and now almost forgotten. In the parish the prize money would be from three to fifteen pounds a race, which meant a lot of money in those days. This money would be collected by the Committee in charge. There would be great excitement at those meetings and wonderful crowds assembled to see the races. Lady Alice - a horse from Clare was a great favourite here, and also "Little Goody" owned by Mike Walsh of Duagh parish, and not forgetting "Little Nell of Abbeyfeale" whose owner was John Moloney, a great sportsman. Then you had the Danahers of Athea and also the Colberts - noted sportsmen

I am now writing of forty seven years ago when there was a hurling match at Clonturk Park in Dublin between the Kerry and the Wexford team in which Kerry won the match with their bare feet. That day was a day of great rejoicing for all the Dublin people as there were several people from Kerry working in positions there. The match started about one o'clock on Sunday. The teams were a draw the first hour, but afterwards Kerry beat them three goals and three points. The Kerry team were comprised of twenty one men, fourteen from Ballyduff and seven from Kilmoiley, while the Wexford team comprised of twenty-one men. The fourteen from Ballyduff were John Mahony from Kilmore, the Captain Richard Kissane from Kilmore, James McDonnell from Ballyduff, Michael Sullivan from Knopogue, Patrick Carr and Patrick Winn do, Frank and James Crowley from Ardoughter, John Sullivan from Rattoo, Tom Dunn from Rahela Maurice Fitzmaurice, Maurice Kelly and John Murphy, Ahabeg, and Jim Pierce Rahela. The seven from Kilmoiley were Patrick Rourke Thade McCarthy, Phil McCarthy another. The three were cousins. Mike Riordan, Pat and Jack Quane do. The match was over about four

Boherbawn, Ballinascreena, Middle Clash, East Clash, Coole, Slievadara, Ardoughter Mountain and Strand road.
The Drumnacurra road leads to Causeway and Ballyheigue, Middle Clash road leads to Clash and Castle Browne, East Clash road leads to Clash and to the ruins of Thornton's Castle, Coole road leads to the strand and Coole.
Slievadara road leads to Tralee Listowel and Ballyduff. Ardoughter road leads to Ballyduff, Listowel and Ballybunion. Strand road leads to the strand and the Cahsen Mountain road lead to Ballyduff.

hid a great amount of money in Gleann na Gad half a mile from Ballyduff. A man from the south side of the river Blackwater came to look for it and he could not find it. Many people came after that and they could not find it either because the glen is too deep and its all rocks and quarries.
These highway men were going around the country robbing all the wealthy people. When they were sentenced to be hanged, they were in court at the time, they asked if there was anyone from Ballyduff there. So one woman stood up and they said that they would not give a secret to any woman. They were a few men there from Ballyduff but none of them would show themselves because they thought they would be brought up with the highway men if they went to hear the secret. But the highway men told the secret before they were hanged that there were as much money hidden in Gleann na Gad as would make all the people in Ballyd-

The names of fields in my farm are Pairc an Aifrinn. It is called pairc an aifrinn because mass was said there in the Penal Times. Pairc Jackson is a name of a field because there was a landlord named Jackson living there, There is a field named Carroll's field. It is so called because there was a man named Carroll living there.
There is a stream
running down by Ballyduff and it is called the Ballyduff stream. There is a hollow in our farm and it is called Carroll's hollow because there was a man named Carroll living there in a house. The house was rooted and there is a great hollow there now. The is a blackthorn bush about three miles from Ballyduff. There was a priest killed there just near it and it never grew a thorn since.

Many football matches were played in my district long ago. A pick of the men out of Lismore parish often played a pick of men out of Ballyduff parish. Fifteen men were on both sides. The match would start in the middle of the two parishes. If the ball would get in Ballyduff parish Lismore were the winnerrs and if the ball got into Lismore parish Ballyduff were the winners. I do not know what players won fame on the field. They had not any goal posts in years gone by. The ball they used was like the ball nowadays. I never heard of hurling being played in my district in years gone by. Bowling was played in my district. Mr Murphy challenged a man in bowling. The distance was about half a mile. One man said that Mr Murphy would do it in less than six bowls and the other man said that he could not do it in less than six bowls. He did it in four.

About four miles from Ballyduff there is a well known as "St. Michael's Well", the patron saint of our parish.
The place is called Tubbernahulla and it is situated in the hills north west of Ballyduff. The well is about a hundred yards up from the main road, which runs from Ballyduff through Tubbernahulla to Fermoy and Mitchelstown.
It is believed by some that this name Tubbernahulla is the English translation of "Tobar na Fola" and that it earned that name because of the numerous faction fights that took place at the well. The well is on the right bank

Long ago each village had a football team. Football was always played in this district but not so much hurling. This village of Bloomhill had a very good team and they were able to beat Ballyduff and Clonascra. The matches were played in the different villages; that is they played in Bloomhill on Sunday and the following Sunday in Ballyduff or Clonascra and so on.
Whenever a match was played in Bloomhill it was always in Mr. Daly's field. The Bloomhill team called themselves "musk rats" and the Ballyduff team called themselves "white mice". These matches were played between the different townslands but as well as that there were bigger matches between parishes.
There was a great match some years ago between Bloomhill and Clonfanlough. Bloomhill won. The ball used was like the present day one but very often they made their own footballs.

There are three forges in Ashford Parish. There is one in Ballyduff and Mr. Lawless is the smith. There is another in Ballycurry, where Mr. Byrne works. There is also an old forge in Killiskey, Mr. Lawless used to be the smith there many years ago, but he is in Ballyduff now. Mr. Lawless was the last smith in Killiskey forge, but it is not in use now. The forge is situated on the roadside. It is very near a little river and there is a spring well just above it. There is a crossroads a few yars above that again. The forge is joined on to a dwelling house. It is very big. It has a slanted roof of slates. It has a square door, not of any special shape. There is only one fireplace in it. There is no bellows left, Mr. Lawless must have taken it to Ballyduff with him. The following are the implements the backsmith uses - pincers, rasp, sledge, vice, file and chisel. The smith shoes horses and asses, but he does not shoe cattle. He does not make farm implements. There is not any part of the forge work done in the open air. The forge water cures warts. We never heard of any special privileges that a smith had. People never send