[Tod by Mr E. Connolly, Ballymore, Goolds X, Co. Tipp. Barony of Kilnamanagh] Written down by Mary

The remains of the walls are to be seen yet and the remains of the moat.
Now this New Fay had no direct descendants so a man named O Darcy ? - General in the English Army, who lived on portion of the lands now owned by John Shanley got the Castle and all its surroundings through Englands Rule. In the present Graveyard of Kilnamanagh is a slab erected commerating his memory. O'Darcy ? is claimed as a Callow man. The Inscription is written in old English. The Church from which the graveyard got it's name and which was situated in the Graveyard was the old parish Church and even though the parish is sometimes called the Parish of Ballinameen it is really the Parish of Kilnamanagh. John Duignan better known locally as Bucky Dwyer was a friend of O'Darcy? and really lived on O'Darcy's? property, (now in J Shanleys posession). He committed suicide by cutting his throat. The place was supposed to be haunted - The old people used to testify to the fact that they saw Ghosts etc.

In Oisin's wanderings through Eirin in search of his relations and friends he arrived in Callow one evening as it was growing dark. Everyone wondered at his great size for they had never seen anyone like him. He inquired if anyone in the village had seen Fionn and his people but he was told that they might have been in the district a long time ago but no one living then had seen them. He was also told that they were heard of, that it was told they were great warriors, that they lived long long ago, but that they must have been a long time dead. The poor old man was entertained and was provided with every thing of the best. He remained over night and related some of the great feats of the Fenians and all who heard him were amused. Early on the following morning he set off in the direction of Kilnamanagh. St. Patrick happened to be in this very place at the time and when the old man heard the saint's teaching he became greatly interested for he had never heard anything like it in his life. The old man made his way to the saint and asked him if he knew anything about Fionn and his comapanions. The saint pitied the poor man, instructed him in the Christian Faith and baptised him with water from the well - St. Patrick's Well - which is still to be seen near the old graveyard in the townland of Kilnamanagh.

Old Graveyards
There are two old graveyards near my place One of them is called Kilnamanagh or the church of the Monk. The village in which it is situated is called after it. The other graveyard is called Cluanshanville. It is a very historic place. There are many stories connected with it. There was a road long ago leading from it to Kilnamanagh. The remains of it are to be seen yet. There is an old story told that the friars had a cow and that she used to have three tubs of milk every day. There was a bad woman in the village and she made a bet with the friars that she had a bucket that their cow could not fill She came one evening with a griddle and milked the cow into it. She milked the cow till the cow died. Some time after this they were hunted away from the monastery they had a great bell in the tower and when they were leaving they brought it with them. They were hunted down to a bog. When they were running through the bog they dropped the bell because it was too heavy to carry. The bell sank down into the ground close over. Where it sank nobody

My Home District is Móin Fionn or Monevawn. The word Monevawn means "A bog covered with whitish grass" It is in the barony of Kilnamanagh. The word Kilnamanagh means "The wood of the monks". This is how Monevown got its name. There was once a bog there covered with whitish grass. There is no bog visible now but there is still a field called "the bog field". It is in the parish of Cappawhite.
There are seven families in the townland. These are their names Mr. Ryan, Mr. Conway, Mr. Crowe and Mr. Carroll. There are three people over seventy years namely, Mrs. Cavanagh, Mrs. Fahy and Mr. Fitzgerald.
There is good land in Monevawn. Most of the people have farms. They keep a good number of cattle. Only one farmer keeps sheep. There were not more families there long ago. There is not any ruin of a house there.

Ballintemple: This is the name both of a large town land and Parish in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It gets its name from the church which stood in the middle of the old graveyard. This is still the burying place of most of the families in the parish. About 100 years ago Earl de Montalt built the present church beside the village of Dundrum where it now stands As he took the stones of the old church to build it no trace of it now remains.
Kilpatrick is the name of a townland and Electors Division in Kilnamanagh Lower, Co. Tipperary and it contains a very old graveyard and ruins of an

The most remarkable ecclesiastic connected with it was Bishop Eoghan or St Eugene patron of the Diocese of Derry.
was a Kinsman of St Kevin and the latter in his twelfth year came to Kilnamanagh to study under him
Abbot Garbhan a friend of St Kevin was of this monasterySomtimes confounded with Kilnamanagh in Ossory

Hills.The Church Hill in the townland of Kilnamanagh on the road between Wexford and Gorey. It is so called because the Protestant Church is situated at the top of it.Ned's Hollow. On the road between Kilnamanagh Gorey, and Kilmuckridge Gorey
It is so called because an old tramp how was called Ned died in a field there and it is said that his ghost appeared there at night for some time

Kilnamanagh is a townsland about a mile from Glenealy Village up the barrack hill, and forms the summit of the hill. One of the farms now belonging to a Mr Charles Manley contain a 20 acre field, which is said to have been the seat of a monastery in the sixth century. St. Eugenuis was the Abbot, and his young nephew Kevin (afterwardss the famous St. Kevin) came to him to be educated. How he was ordained and became famous for his piety and learning so much so, the the monks of Kilnamanagh wished him to become their Abbot, after his uncle's death. This he did not wish, and fled to the lonely glen of Glendalough, where however he was followed and became the founder of one of the greatest old Irish Schools.
Another tradition of St Kevin is - that he went on a mission down into Co Wexford. There is a place named after him "Kilcavan" at Tara Hill near Gorey in Co Wexford. In the old graveyard there - there is a most peculiar thing - a well said to be a blessed well - up in the fork of an ash tree. The people treasure this & will not allow the tree to be cut down.

There are seen Graveyards in the parish of Oulart. namely Oulart, The Ballagh, Castle Ellis, Kilcormack, Kyle, Meelnegh and KilnamanaghThe graveyards of Kilcormack, Kyle, Meelnagh and Kilnamanagh are not now used.The old graveyard in Kilcormack is round and Meelnagh is three-cornered.Trees surround Kilcormack and Kilnamanagh graveyards.
There is a ruined church in both Kilcormack and Meelnagh graveyards, and also in Castle Ellis
People are buried within the ruins of the church in Castle EllisLocal families sometimes use certain graveyards. Though they are far more distant than the parish graveyard.My grandfather's grandfather is buried in Castle Ellis and Fr. Michael Murphy who fell in 1798 is also buried there. There are people who fell in the same year buried in Meelnagh.

We have fields on our land called The Fort Field, The drill field in the townsland of Gurteenadawn the parish of Borrisoleigh, Barony of. Kilnamanagh and Co Tipperary. There is a field on the land of Mr. John Kelly Ileigh in the parish of. Borrisoleigh called the long field. There is a field on the land of Mr. Timothy Ryan Ileigh called "Finns Field" A man named Finn lived there before. There

I live in the townsland of Gurteenabarna in the Parish of Borrisoleigh in the Barony of Kilnamanagh. There is five families in the townsland. There is twenty-

I live in the townsland of Cullohill and the parish of Borrisoleigh and the Barony of Kilnamanagh there is ten families in my district their is thirty five people in ten families in my district and the land is very hilly there is a couple of Groves in My district.

they dug it the water turned red it was said the girl used to thow dead bodys in it. There is humps in the field like graves. It is in the townsland of Cullohill Parish of Borrisoleigh, Barony of Kilnamanagh Co. Tipp.

There is an old ruined castle in my school district. Sheila Dwyer built it. It is in the townsland of Cullohill and the Parish of Borrisoleigh & the Barony of Kilnamanagh Co. Tipperary. It had a dungeon. People were foully done to death in it. At one time it was attacked by a chief from Templederry & another from Cullohill. She was defeated

Philip O'Dwyer was chieftain of the Kilnamanagh clan in the time of Cromwell. When Cromwell came to Ireland he went to Drogheda and later on he visited several other towns. Eventually he came to Golden and he went to Dundrum from Golden. The O'Dwyer Clan had their cheif stronghold at Dundrum, in the parish of Knockavilla, Co. Tipperary.

Coolacussane is the name of a very small village in a by - way in the parish of Ballintemple, Barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. The name means "the back of the path".

A giant was carrying a stone to build the castle in Ballinaclough, Golden, Co. Tipperary, Barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. He dropped the stone in Brian Shanahan's field, but he couldnt lift it on his shoulder again The stone is about a ton weight, so he had to leave it there. The colour of it is brownish - red. It is near the road.