DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5070812
title: Kingscourt (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kingscourt (C.) (school) (Kingscourt, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher A. Ní Cholgáin.
description: Folklore / Mahon, Mollie Mc -- Once there was a woman who used go round to other people's houses... / Mahon, Molly Mc -- Once there was a man who killed a pig. / Gargan, Margaret -- There is a fort down in the wood called Kenny's fort. / Mahon, Mollie Mc -- About a mile and a half from Kingscourt there is a village called Muff. / Gargan, Margaret -- In the wood there is a well called the "Wishing well". / Mahon, Mollie Mc -- A few miles from Kingscourt there is a place called the "Tory Bush". -- Kingscourt is the first town outside of the pale or ancient boundary. / Mahon, Mollie Mc -- A mile from Kingscourt, in the neighbourhood of Lisnabo, there is a house. / Mahon, Mollie Mc -- The ruin known as Flemings Castle dates back to the Norman conquest. -- The origin of the Tuesday Market is. -- There is a fort down in the wood called Kenny's Fort. / Gargan, Margaret -- The man who composed the poem of 'Coach O'Leary' lived around Barleyhill. -- There is a bridge down in the wood called 'Cromwell's Bridge'. -- There were old schools in Cortubber and Cornavan about 120 years ago. -- There are ruins of an old corn mill in Cortubber along the Drumcondrath road. -- There is a holy well in Eniskeen called St Ernon's Well. -- On the farm of Laurence Tinnelly Kilnalun about 2.5 miles from Kingscourt. -- In Eniskeen there used to be an old Catholic Church long ago... -- During the Penal days two Croppy hunters were riding along... -- About a few miles outside Drumcondrath, Co. Meath, there is a Church... -- A few miles from Kingscourt there is a district called Corlea -- There was once a woman who lived a few miles from Kingscourt. / Gargan, Margaret -- Barleyhill and Ballyhoo are situated on the borders of Meath and Monaghan. -- There is a well situated 3 miles from Kingscourt. / Geraghty, Angela -- There are many old forts near here, namely the fort of Lisaliney. -- There was once a castle in the townland of Cloughrea. -- There was a man going to the fair of Drogheda to sell a horse. -- There was once upon a time a man going home late at night. -- In Ballyhow a good many years ago it is said that... / Geraghty, Angela -- There was once a man who lived in this district with his wife. / Gargan, M. -- There was a castle out at Muff... / Gargan, Josephine -- There was a wrestling field and two men said they would wrestle... -- There was a man living about 100 years ago... -- There was a Catholic Church in Enniskeen and it was destroyed... / Burns, Brigid -- About a half mile from Kingscourt on the top of a very high hill... -- Once there was a certain girl getting married. / Mahon, M. Mc -- There are a great many stories told about the famine which happened in 1845. -- There was a man one time who was going to be hanged... / Daniel, Brigid Mc -- There is a field out in Cornakill and there is a fort in it. -- Long ago there were no doctors... -- Around Cabra Demense is about the most historic of all. / Gargan, Josephine -- Shrove marriages are not as common as formerly in this locality. -- About 100 years ago there lived a woman in Kingscourt... / Reilly, Peggy O'
description: 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.