A Match played locally in olden times.In or about the year 1900, a famous football match was played in Mr. Fitzgearld's field Cahara, Glin. The Glin team were dressed in green and white cuffs.
The teams that played were Glin versus Co. Clare. There were fifteen mean on each side. The men in Glin team were, - the late Patrick McCoy captain, Maurice OShaughnessy, Michael ODonnell, Edward Dore, Patrick and the late Maurice Fitzgearld, James and the late Michael Fury, Patrick Reidy, Thomas Conway, Michael Lynch, the late Michael Dunne, Daniel Culhane, Patrick Walshe, and Thomas Dillane. Glin won by a point. The score was three points to two points. The Glin team was known all over Limerick, Clare, and Kerry for their activity on that day. A ball was often kicked from one townsland to another, and on that day that that would be on

About a dozen years there lived in Glin a young man named Michael Geoghegan who was a very good swimmer. He often swam across the Shannon to Clare and when he arrived over he always lit a furze bush to let the people in Glin Pier know he arrived safely. One very cold day he left Glin Pier to swim across to Clare but failed and was drowned. The cause of his death it is said was that the water was too cold and he got cramps. He was not found for about a fortnight after.

In the time of the "White Boys", a poor widow's son in Kinnaird, Glin, was arrested. The Knight of Glin was then very powerful. He had land from Glin to Killbraderan, and from Glin to Ballylongford.
The Knight of Glin, happened to be in London when the case was tried in Tralee.
The Knight returned just as the sentence of death was being passed on the boy.
He went into Tralee courthouse, stuck his sword in the wooden pillar and demanded that the case should be called again.
The judge did so and the boy was brought home triumphantly in the Knights own carriage and restored to his widowed mother.
This act, as well as others, won the affection of the "Glinsters" for the Knights of Glin.

The Local FairsMost of the people of this locality sell their cattle at the fairs that are held in Glin, a town about four miles from where I live. Buyers sometimes go to the farmer's houses to buy their stock before the fair. The Glin Fairs are always held in the street. At the present time there is no toll charged on cattle or sheep bought at the Glin fair. It used to be charged formerly; but on one occasion the Knocknaboula jobbers were doubtful of the authority of the collectors and refused to give them anything. A free fight ensued in whcih the jobbers came out best and ever since there is no toll. The Knight of Glin was supposed to get these tolls when they existed.

passed the castle on his way to Glin. It is said he did not attack it, because he thought the gain would not be worth the trouble, for it would hold only a garrison of ten men. The people were so afraid of his soldiers, that they fled before them into the Clonleharde woods, and the soldiers followed them, and killed four hundred of the poor people there. Then they returned, and burned their houses and their corn.In the time of Cromail, most of our Irish castle were destroyed by gun-powder and among them was Shanid castle. It is said that Cromwell passed by Shanid on his way to Glin. Glin castle was blown up by Cromwell's soldiers. The Irish garrison in Shanid castle blew up the castle, while Cromwell was in Glin, so that his soldiers would not get the chance of destroying their castle.

The names of the local roads surrounding the school district are the Knocknabowl road leading from Athea to Abbeyfeale a branch leads out of that road to the east called the Clash road it passes by Clash School leading to New Castle. The New road runs from Clash School to Carrick. The Parckcana road leads from Gortagross to Knockanure. The bog road leads from the Knocknabowl road to Ardagh and the Glin road leads from Athea to Glin.The Knocknabowl road was made in the year 1814, the Clash road in the year 1910, the New road was mad in the year 1914 and the Parkcana road was made in the year 1818,. The bog road was made in the year 1860 the Glin road was made in the year (1890), the High road during the Famine Time

Local Happening
About seventeen years ago a lorry of soldiers arrived in the town of Glin. A heap of stones was piled across the road about half a mile to the west of Glin. The soldiers were going towards Tarbert and they could go no further when they were stopped by the heap of stones. The soldiers turned back to Glin again and made the Glin people take away the stones and throw them into the Shannon at the opposite side of the road.
Christy Sheahan
(given me by father _ Henry Sheahan.
Ballyguiltenane, Glin, Co. Limerick.)
20.7.38

There are two tailors in Tarbert, and four in Glin, Mr. Dillane works at home and Mr. O Connell works a mile away from his home. Mr. O Connell cycles from Tarbert Island every morning to glin school where he works all day and then goes home again in the evening. The other

Tinkers we generally call the travellers that go around from house to house in our district. They come around about three times a year. The commonest of these are: - Mc. Carthy, O'Brian, Sheridan, Faulkner, Coffee and Flynn. The O'Brians were from Glin, the Sheridans were from Rathkeale, Faulkners from Clare, Flynn were from Wexford. The place where the O'Brians were in Glin was called the Tinkers Lane.

A hedge school existed in this district about fifty years ago . It was called the Glin hedge school . The hedge school was in Woulfe's farm in the Glin Create . It was indoor in a thatch cabin the pupils were taught . The Master was Michael Sheehan, He came for Clonehard Ballyhihil . Some schools ere carried on in the farmers houses . Each child that was

The Treasure is supposed to be hidden near Glin Old Castle. It was hidden by one of the former Knights of Glin. His castle was about to be besieged and he gathered his gold and valuable ornaments together. He wrapped them up in a horse hide and buried them near his residence. During the attack he himself was killed.
People of Glin in some way heard of the treasure and made attempts to unearth it but in vain. The treasure is supposed to be values at about five or six thousand pounds. It is supposed to be guarded by a big bull-dog.

In the Fenian times in Glin, there lived a famous joker. The Glin people were used to him, and only laughed at all his tricks.
Spies, Englishmen, were sent out to watch the movements of the young men of the district.
These spies went amongst the people and were seemingly very gracious. The people were cautious.
One day, a spy happened to meet our friend. They conversed together for some time in low tones. Thinking that the Glin man was one of his own, the Englishman remarked that he heard drilling was going on every night.
The joker agreed and not only that but promised that if he came that very night he would show him the leader and his little band.
The time and hour were appointed. It was near a lone house in a glen and the time was twelve o'clock.
Near the house was a drake with twelve ducks. Disturbed at this unearthly hour the drake rose quickly and was followed in a straight line by the ducks. The spy turned on his heel. The Glin man's laugh re echoed through the glen.

Roderick O Melaghlin and his kinsmen "made a nocturnal attack on Moy Gallen, in Delvin, and burned and plundered the plain. They were pursued by Malacy Ralbh O'Madden, and by Art Mac Coghlan, who gave them battle at Gallen, in which Cormac O'Melaghlin, the brother of Roderick, together with thirteen men of the chiefs of his people, were slain and drowned on that occasion." However, notwithstanding those numerous misfortunes Gallen existed when Colgan, the Franciscan, wrote, at which time it belonged to the Canons of Saint Augustine. We learn that by Inquisition taken at Birr, the 14th of October, 1619, then then late Viscount Moore of Drogheda, was found to have been seized "of the lately dissolved monastery or abbey of Canons of Gallen . . ." Like so many of the other religious houses of those days, the Monastery of Gallen had ceased to exist!Abbey of GlinThe Abbey of Gleane or Glin, was on the river Brosna, not far from the monastery of Gallen. Its founder was Saint Diermit. We learn that A.D. 563 "Saint Comgan" whose mother's name was Ethnea, succeeded St. Diermit, and died in a respectable old ago on the 27th of February this year." St. Murgenius, the abbot died on the 27th of January, but the year is not recorded. Maelmaedoc, a learned scribe of "Gleannusen," died A.D. 915, and in A.D. 1016 Coemcormac, a professor in this abbey, died. The abbey was plundered A.D. 1041, and it was destroyed by fire A.D.1077. Conchouran, a professor of Glin Abbey died A.D. 1082. Archall says that Saint Trena, or Trien, was Abbot of Killelga or Killalga, near Glin about the end of the fifth or beginning of the sixth century. It appears that there are ruins of several other abbeys in this neighbourhood.Monastery of LemanaghanA few miles

There are a few more interesting links between the study of history and that of geography that the link formed by the inquiry into the position and building up of roads.
Here in Tarbert we are familiar with the mail Road which leads to Listowel, the Glin Road which leads to Glin and Limerick, and the roads which lead to Ballylongford - the upper and lower roads. The lower road went by the name of the Skull Road long

mass next morning. "My two eyes never closed last night" said the first man "but wondering if Sullivan would be better than Lahy at midfield".
"I was as bad myself" said the second man, "but we will leave it so now".
The appointed time was 3 p. m., and the field was midway between Tarbert and Glin. The referee was a man from Newtownsandes. Tarbert team (the Magpies) wore black and white jerseys, and the glin team wore green. The final score was - Glin - 5 goals 2 points, Tarbert - 3 goals 2 points.
John Wren (Tarbert team) was

There is a little stream on the side of the road between Glin and Ballyhahill called Abha na spraid. Long ago a ghost used to be seen there every night. She used to be seen coming there in the form of a ball of fire. One night she attacked a tramp who was passing that way. The tramp fought her fiercely for a long time but at last she killed him. The parish priest of Glin was then sent for. When the priest came the ghost was standing there before him. The priest took a little book out of his pocket and kept reading for about ten minutes. Then he stopped and he asked the ghost why she was coming there. The ghost said that she tore the hair of her mother's head. The priest said that that was not what damed her. He asked her again why she was

The following are the names of our cows - Purty, Daisy, Lassie, Red Hanlon, Knight of Glin, Bawney, Short Horn, Cully, Sallowglin, Farranfore, Grey Hanlon, Big Heifer, Spotty and Dotey.

Michael O'Longáin was a native of Glenagragrabut his father spent most of his time in the Knight of Glin´s Castle two miles from Ballygoughlin.

In 1569 James Fitzmaurice took possession of the land of Kinght of Glin.On the release of the Earl of Desmond he placed all carpenters and masons on his estate to demolish the stronghold in Glin. There were under a steward named DORE

My Home District.
My townland is Kinnard. It got its name from the high hill that is in it (ceann ard). It is in the parish of Glin, and in the Barony of Shanid. It is situated about a mile from the Shannon, and from it you can see the village of Tarbert, Tarbert Lighthouse and Tarbert island also the town of Glin, and the village of Leaba-sheeda in Clare. On a clear fine day you can see the Slieve Bloom mountains in Tipperary, and also the Kerry mountains, the Macgillicudd's Reeks, Mount Brandon, and Mangerton. The most of the land is good and suitable for crops and there is also good meadowing and pasture. There are twelve farmers in Kinnard. They keep dairy cows and send their milk to the Glin Co-operative Creamery, to be made into butter and cheese.
There are between seventy and eighty people living in Kinnard at present, and double that number has migrated to America and England for the last forty years. In a lime kiln at the foot of Kinnard Hill, there was Mass celebrated during the Penal Days. On the bank of a river that is running through my father's land, there are to be seen the remains of a Stillhouse, where it is said the Danes made wine from the blossoms of the heather. There is also a liss