DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4566085
title: Órán Mór (B)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Órán Mór (B) (school) (Oranmore, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Micheál Ó agus Máire Bean Uí Shuilleabháin.
description: Bhí rí ann fadó agus bhíodh sé ag cuir ceisteanna ar gach duine agus ag cuir geall mór nach raibh siad indan iad a fhosgailt. -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus fuair sé suim airgead ar an mbóthar. -- Bhí tailliúir i dteach lá, agus bhí bean-a-tighe imthighthe go dtí an tobar. -- Bhí Seáinín agus Seamuisín ag cumhdach an tighe lá amháin agus tháinig cailleach isteach. -- Nuair a bhí cogadh Cromail ann, bhí arm mór saighdiúira aige agus théigheadh an arm sin amach gach lá o theach go teach... -- Aon lá amháin, bhí an maghdean Mhuire agus a Mac amuigh agus bhí siad ag gabháil an bhóthair... -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus bhíodh sé ag siubhail ar an mbóthar gach lá. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- San am fadó bhí go leór diabhail ann agus théigheadh siad amach san oidhche chun na tighte. -- Bhí beirt Rí ann fadó. An Rí Éireannach agus an Rí Shasanach. -- San am fadó bhí beirt dearbhráthair ann. Bhí duine aca an-bhocht... -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus bhí a clann an-óg nuair a fuair a bhean bás agus chuireadh sé a chlann a codladh go luath gach tráthnóna. -- Roscam Church -- Cloch na Liogáin -- There was a woman once and she had three daughters. / Mógáin, Máirtín O -- Once a man was walking the road and he had a long journey to go. / Burca, Seán de -- Once upon a time there was a woman and she had two sons. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- One night there was a man and his wife and family sitting around the fire and a knock came to the door and the man... / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- There is a stone with twelve holes in it near the bridge at Moneyduff, about half a mile from the village of Oranmore. -- Long ago there was a man in Oranmore who made chairs. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- There was a man one time and he used to be working every day and when he used to come home in the evening... / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- The name Glenascaul means the valley of the shadows. / Burca, Seán de -- When Cromwell was in Ireland he and his soldiers visited the parish of Oranmore. / Treabhair, Caoimhghin O -- Rinn Mhíl -- Oranhill -- Frenchfort -- Oranmore - Fuarán Mór na Féinne -- Years ago in Oranmore village several people living there derived a living from the sea. -- Flax was a common crop in the parish of Oranmore some years ago. -- The Gobán Saor was going away on a journey one day and he as taking leave of his son. / Fidheudhra, Liam O -- Once a woman went into the church and knelt down to pray. / Mogáin, Padraig O -- Long ago there was a woman living in Baile na Gaoithe in the parish of Oranmore. -- Seanfhocail / Seacnasaigh, Mícheál Ó -- tAthair Pádraig O Maoileoin -- Once upon a time there was a lord and his wife. -- In Ireland long ago there lived a King that had twelve sons. / Fhionn, Liam de -- Once upon a time a man left Connemara and went to Dublin. -- Once upon a time there was a king who had very queer ears. / Seacnasaigh, Mícheál O -- Once upon a time a poor scholar was travelling on the road. -- Roscam Church -- Cloch na Liagann -- There is a hill in Glenascaul called "cnocán". / Seacnasaigh, Mícheál O -- Once upon a time there was a goat and she had four kids. -- Once upon a time there was a little boy who was an only son. / Mógáin, Máirtín O -- Landlords - Oranmore, Co. Galway -- Fuarán Mór na Féinne -- Tobar na Caillí -- There is a large stone in a field on the road to Galway from Oranmore and beside Gurrane Lodge. -- There was a man one time living in Frenchfort and his wife was always spinning. / Mógáin, Máirtín O -- One night three men were going to a wake. / Burca, Sean de -- There was a man coming home one night to his cottage. / Mógáin, Máirtín O -- There is said to be gold hidden in the fort in Oranhill. / Graith, Cathal Mac -- There was an English soldier coming from the battle of Waterloo and the English king gave him Frenchfort... / Burca, Seán de -- One day an army of soldiers was marching on the road from Galway to Dublin. -- There was a man one time and he had a hump on his back. / Mógáin, Máirtín O -- There is a large heap of rocks jutting out into the sea at Nine Hill, in Renville, Oranmore. / Treabhair, Caoimhghín O' -- Forts in Parish -- Place Names -- Long ago there lived two men from the county Mayo. / Shaughnessy, Michael -- Once upon a time there was a man living in a town and very often an old piper came and stayed with him for a night. / Giollarnáth, Máirtín Mac -- The Gobán saor had a son and he thought it was not his own child. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- There was a woman at one time and her husband was always grumbling when she had no children. / Mogáin, Máirtín O -- There was a widow one time and she had three sons. / Burca, Seán de -- Long ago there was a poor man herding sheep for a farmer. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Once upon a time there lived two brothers. / Máirtín, Mícheál O -- Tobar Bun na Stabhla -- There was a King who was questioning the people whom he met and the person who was not able to answer him would have his head cut off. / Burca, Seán de -- Night of the Great Storm - Oíche na Gaoithe Móire / Treabhair, Donnchadh O -- Many years ago there was a giant named Hugh living in Maree in the parish of Oranmore. / Treabhair, Caoimhghin O -- Ceathrú Mhóin Uisce -- There was a woman who lived in the village of Ballinageeha. / Ríogh, Seán Mac an -- There was once a blacksmith who had a very beautiful daughter. -- There was once a man and his wife who were living in Mayo. / Mógáin, Padraic O -- Long ago there lived a man in the middle of a big farm. / Corcoráin, Tomás O -- There was a smith one time and he had a forge. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Once as a man was walking the road and while he was walking he got cracked. / Seacnasaigh, Mícheál O -- Long ago there was a witch in Ireland and she had a big holding of land. / Glinn, Caoimhghín de -- One day as St. Peter and Our Lord were out walking they met an old feeble man and he asked Our Lord for charity. / Seacnasaigh, Mícheál O -- There was a man one time walking on the road looking for work. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Long ago there was a fidín ghost living out in the tide near Islandeddy. -- There was a man one time and he got married. / Mogáin, Padraic O -- There was a king one time and his wife died and they had three sons and one daughter. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Cnoc na Má Sí / Treabhair, Donnchadh Ó -- Cnocán na Gamhna -- There was a man named John Burke who lived in the village of Monamore in the parish of Oranmore. / Mogáin, Padraic O -- Oran Castle -- The following story concerning the last occupant of this castle is told by the older people in the district. -- Fort Seafort -- The fort in Frenchfort, Oranmore is a circular fort. -- Clochán na Mallacht -- Once upon a time there was a young man and he was very fond of card playing so one night he went to a house and they had no light. / Máirtín, Mícheál O -- There was once a man and he said he never got enough to eat. / Glionn, Caoimhghín de -- There was three sisters and they never worked and they had everything they wanted. / Glionn, Caoimhghín de -- Long ago they used to be wildcats in Ireland. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- There were two brothers one time. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Once upon a time there was a woman and she had one son and he was a blacksmith. / Ríogh, Padraic Mac an -- Place Name - Nurse's Hill -- One day an old woman and her child came into a house where the woman of the house was churning. / Treabhair, Donnchadh O' -- Ranna Céad (or Rinne Céad) -- Once there was a king and he had horses ears. / Seacnasaigh, M. O' -- Oranmore Castle -- Cures -- Superstitions -- Once upon a time there was a widow and she had one son and his name was Jack.
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.