Clooney, Cuinche

• Main Authors: Clooney, Cuinche, Clúmháin, Mícheál Mac, Gready, Gerald O', Flannagan, Anna, Gready, Philomena O', Halloran, Bridget, Markham, Katherine, Clune, Michael, Dwyer, Bridget O', Degidon, Philomena, Grady, Philomena O', Fáwl, Thomás, Mahon, Nancy Mc, Flannagan, Anna O', Halloran, Mary O', Ireton, Joe, Faul, Thomas, Dwyer, Patrick O'
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin 1937
• Subjects: Folklore; Dissenters, Religious; Legal status, laws, etc.; Land use; Traditional medicine; Supernatural beings; Folk poetry; Historic sites; May Month; Folk beliefs; Weather; Roads; Manners and customs; Religion; Ringforts; Treasure troves; Recreation; Proverbs; Agriculture; Marriage; Smithing; Magicians; Commerce; Death; Markham; Smyth; Dwyer; Olden; Low Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5177635; http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:5177635

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clooney, Cuinche (school) (Clooney, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Mac Clúmháin. : A Landlord named Hall evicted a family from their farm in Clooney -- Knockfearbréag -- The old name of the townland now called Newgrove, was Ballyslattery -- Bothar na Corp -- Tobar Ineen -- Ennis was always famous for being the home of the Franciscans even in the far black olden days when famine and persecution reigned in Ireland / Gready, Gerald O' -- I live in Lasanna which means the little forts the house is situated between two forts -- There was a piece of land that was in dispute and a neighbout coveted it and pretended he owned it although he did not own it at all / Flannagan, Anna -- About a mile and a half from my home on the roadside to Ennis there is an ancient withered tree / Gready, Philomena O' -- There is a wood near my house and it is called Derrymore Wood / Halloran, Bridget -- When Dromore House was repairing / Markham, Katherine -- Local Stories -- Pollanamuck / Clune, Michael -- The last friar of Quin Abbey was Friar Hogan. -- Ballymaclune Well -- May Eve Customs -- Superstitions -- Cures -- Duelling -- When Biddy Early lived in Feakle the priests of the surrpunding parishes forbade any parishoner to visit her -- A boy in Quin was remaining delicate and no improvement was coming on him from day to day. -- Signs of the Weather -- Poteen -- The Midnight Hurling Match in Creavagh -- Long ago a priest of the name of Father Smyth, was called to Rylane on "a sick call" -- The Stage Coach used travel from Galway via Moyriesk and Quin to Limerick -- The Bad Spots in Quin and Clooney During the Night -- A police patrol was out one night -- An aunt of two young ladies went to Lisdoonvaona -- A neighbour who lived near him and was a great friend of his, fell suddenly. -- A man named Bindon owned the Clooney estate, gave the site for the present nice Church. -- Once upon a time there lived a man, and he was at a mission, and he fell into a terrible illness, and he was almost mad / Flannagan, Anna -- In olden times priests were forbidden to say mass only in lonesome and backward places. / Dwyer, Bridget O' -- About a century ago, there lived a family half way between Ennis and Spancilhill. / Degidon, Philomena -- There lived half way between Spancil Hill and Ennis a family named Hynes. / Grady, Philomena O' -- Cures / Degidon, Philomena -- There is an old road going from the main road at Clooney Church to Moyriesk road. / Fáwl, Thomás -- Long ago there was a man and his wife going to Limerick at 3 o'clock in the morning. / Fáwl, Thomás -- About 60 years ago Father Dan Murphy of the parish of Crusheen was called to a sick call to Rylane. / Dwyer, Bridget O' -- Once upon a time there was a priest living in a village and as he was in bed one night a knock came to his door. / Mahon, Nancy Mc -- About a mile and a half from my home on the roadside to Ennis there is an ancient withered tree / Grady, Philomena O' -- There was a brewery in the Causeway in Ennis long ago. / Degidon, Philomena -- A very long time ago there lived a man and he used always milk his own cows and he got no milk / Flannagan, Anna O' -- There was a young man one time and he used to go to his cousins house every night / Degidon, Philomena -- Long ago there lived a man in Tulla, whose name was Dan Flanagan / Halloran, Mary O' -- Once on a time there lived a king in Ireland who had an only son. / Dwyer, Bridget O' -- Between Gort and Crevagh in the parish of Quin and a famous highwayman called "The Black Terror" -- A man in Crusheen was always very fond of "ferriting" and looking for rabbits -- Some years ago there was a man named Kielly in Low Island Ballynacally who used visit Biddy Early whenever his stock or friends used be ill, / Degidon, Philomena -- A man named Leally Ballynacally went to Biddy Earley to know if his mother, who was ill, would get better / Degidon, Philomena -- Old Sayings / Degidon, Philomena -- About fifty yeats ago a man named Harvey had a very valuable horse / Dwyer, Bridget O' -- Long ago many marriage customs were in the district. / Degidon, Philomena -- In the parish of Crusheen there was a man who dreamt of gold that was buried in his "haggard" -- Long ago there was a famous highway man who plied his trade on the road from Ennis to Limerick. -- Situated on the Ennis Road going to Lisdoonvarna, may be seen the ruins old Lemanagh Castle. / Degidon, Philomena -- Pat O' Leary and the Mystery Cow / Flannagan, Anna O' -- Long ago there was a man whose sister was sick and he went to Biddy Early for a cure / Ireton, Joe -- In olden times there was a blessed well in Clooney / Ireton, Joe -- A curtain man called in one day to a forge to a smith to put a set of new shoes on his horse, which he did / Flannagan, Anna O' -- In olden times a man and his brother were going to Ennis one day. / Faul, Thomas -- Long ago there was a man who lived in Ireland who was very poor / Faul, Thomas -- Old Sayings -- There is a story in Connection with the fair of Spancilhill, many years ago / Ireton, Joe -- Fifty years ago a man living in west clare was acually dying as he got a sudden pain when clearing some trees in a fort / Dwyer, Patrick O' -- Ambush of Glenwood / Dwyer, Patrick O' -- There is a fort about half a mile from my house / Degidon, Philomena -- When Martin Ahern was working in Ballykilty the residence of a local gentleman -- When he was working in Ballykilty it was his special job to mind the lambs at the "gaining" time. -- Ardsollus (correct name means Ahsollus or the ford of the light. -- When the cholera was raging in Tulla so many people were dying, that all the people were scared of going near the dead body, -- At the time of the Fenians a famous Fenian was in "his keeping" in the parish of Quin -- Old Roads -- After the 1798 Rebellion, many of the Wexford men fled from the reign of terror that then existed in the County Wexford -- Customs at Wakes -- Customs at Funerals -- Funeral Customs -- 1 There is an old castle beside Clooney Lake -- When any of the Singleton family died, a carriage always rolled up to the door at twelve o clock the night before he died -- Fair of Quin : Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.