DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4613717
title: Cluain Meacan

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cluain Meacan (school) (Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Liam Ó Catháin.
description: Long ago there lived a man by the name of Jack Buckley in Clounmacon. / Halpin, Con -- Once upon a time there was a man and he had a son. / Donegan, Eileen -- Long ago there lived a man called Carall na Gruaige. / Kennelly, Martin -- Some years ago there lived an old woman near the village of Athea. / Barry, Peg -- There is a fort in Dromin in the land of Michael Seanne and it is a very eery place. / Sullivan, Gerald O -- Fairy Animals / Barry, Kitty -- Fairy Animals / Leahy, Kitty -- Fairy Animals / Shanahan, Teresa -- Once upon a time there lived a woman. / Shanahan, Teresa -- Landlords / Leahy, Peg -- Once upon a time a man was coming home from a neighbours house and it was lat in the night. / Leahy, Tim -- Once upon a time a man was going for the priest for his sister. / Walsh, Mary -- Martin King used kill a fowl every St Martin's night in honour of St Martin. / Donegan, Eileen -- Long ago there lived a poor farmer and his name was John Galvin. / Walsh, Mary -- A long time ago there lived an old woman not far from this place. / Barry, Peg -- Long ago a man was living near a big wood which was a very lonely place. / Walsh, Mary -- There was once a woman called Betty Pendy. / Donegan, Eileen -- There was once a man and he used go rambling to the neighbouring houses at night. / Donegan, Eileen -- Long ago the old people dreaded the late hours of night very much. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Once upon a time a man was playing cards in a neighbours house with a couple of other men. / Leahy, Tim -- Long ago there was a wood ranger and he had a daughter. / Doyle, Betty -- About seventy years ago there lived a girl over near Moyvane. / Costello, Thomas -- There was once a man by the name of Jack and he had a horse and he gave him a shilling in a feed of oats in the morning. / Sullivan, Gerald -- There was a man there once and there was a fort near his house. / Barry, Peg -- Martin Kennelly of Dromin was out very late one night at a wake. / Barry, Peg -- Two boys went hunting rabbits one night. / Barry, Peg -- About a hundred years ago it was a common thing to find men working in the fields and in the bogs with a good knowledge not only of Irish but also of the classic. / Barry, Peg -- There was a bank in Listowel and it was known as Roche's bank. / Keane, William -- About eighty years ago a publican lived in Church St, Listowel. / Keane, William -- This was a custom in this district at the time and very few cases of robbery occurred. / Keane, William -- When I was a boy about 40 years ago there was a well known character in Listowel, whose real name was Patrick O'Conner but who was popularly known as Patsy the Cuttoner. / Keane, William -- Once upon a time a man was playing cards in a neighbours house with a couple of other lads. / Walsh, Mary -- Churning / Twomey, Don -- Churning / Barry, Peg -- Churning / Barry, Kitty -- This story relates to the time when tailors went around to the houses doing sewing for people who wanted any clothes to be made. / Halpin, Con -- Prayers / Doyle, Betty -- Old Songs / Histon, Betty -- Religious Stories / Leahy, Tim -- Religious Stories / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Religious Stories / Leahy, Kitty -- Religious Stories / Halpin, Con -- There was once a poor man and his wife living in a little house near a landlord. / Barry, Peg -- Once upon a time a man named Martin Leahy was going for a thatcher to come and thatch his house for him. / Halpin, Con -- Story / Barry, Peg -- Food in Olden Times / Doyle, Betty -- Food in Olden Times / Halpin, Con -- Leprechauns / Barry, Peg -- Once upon a time there was a man digging in a field and it was for a farmer he was working. / Barry, Peg -- Old people used believe in fairies in olden times. / Shanahan, Joe -- There was a family living in Ballylongford by the name of Burk and they were very poor. / Heahy, Pat -- The old people used to believe that if you caught a Leprechaun and pretended to kill or burn hum he would give you a pot of gold. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Once an old woman lived in a cottage by herself and she was very rich. / Halpin, Con -- There was a man there once and he lived near a village. / Barry, Peg -- Story / Leahy, Tim -- Care of the Feet / Barry, Peg -- Care of the Feet / Shanahan, Mary -- Care of the Feet / Kennelly, Martin -- Ghost Stories / Doyle, Betty -- Once upon a time a man was going to a dance to a friends house. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Long ago a man used to be out very late at night. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Once a man lived near a church yard, and there was another house near it too. / Healy, Maurice -- Long ago a woman lived near a big bog. / Halpin, Con -- Once upon a time there lived a man and he had courage and he used to stay out very late at night. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Long ago there was a woman living in a cottage which was situated near a fort. / Shanahan, Mary -- Long ago there was an old man and an old woman travelling along the road and they were called "Travelling People" because they had no house of their own. / Barry, Peg -- One night two men were coming from a house from rambling. / Halpin, Con -- Story / Mulvihill, Bridget -- Long ago a man was coming home from town and it was very late. / Shanahan, Joe -- In the townland of Knockane there is a big fort and there us steps leading down to it. / Costello, Thomas -- Once upon a time a man and his wife were living in a small house in the middle of a bog. / Healy, Pat -- There is a fort in Bill Connor's land and it is nearly cleared away now. / Sullivan, Bill -- Story / Barry, Kitty -- There is a fort in Bedford in the land of Jerry Kennellys. / Halpin, Con -- There was a family by the name of Leahys, living in Knockanure Church. / Barry, Peg -- Long ago in Dromin there lived four poor tenants. / Halpin, Con -- It is said that there is a mermaid seen every seven years sitting on a rock in Ballybunion combing her hair. / Sullivan, Eugene -- There is a meadow by Ned Browne in Dromin and it is called the green meadow and if the gate of the green meadow was left opened at five o clock it would be shut. / Shanahan, Joe -- There is a fairy fort near our school and it is said that fairy people lived there long ago. / Leahy, Peg -- At one time there were three tailors and an old woman living together in the hill road in a small house. / Leahy, Tim -- There was once a man going to confession very late at night and there was thunder and lightning there and it was raining very heavily. / Healy, Pat -- There is a fort in Bill Connor;s lane in Ballahadigue and spring Bill Connor came and knocked down the ditch of the fort. / Kennelly, Martin -- About six miles from Listowel in the parish of Lisnaur there us a church called Dryshert church. / Barry, Kitty -- Once upon a time two brothers were living together. / Kennelly, Martin -- There was a man living in Dromin named Paddy Shanahan and he had a big healthy family. / Kennelly, Martin -- There was a man there once and he built a new house. / Shanahan, Joe -- Long ago a man lived in Dromin and he had his house in one of Loughnane's fields. / Shanahan, Mary -- Long ago there was a family living near Lixnaw. / Barry, Kitty -- One night about twelve o clock two men were coming home from a dance. / Shanahan, Mary -- There was a man and he used go rambling every night. / Donnell, Julia O -- There were two boys coming from a wake one night. / Barry, Kitty -- Once upon a time there lived a landlord and he was a Catholic. / Halpin, Con -- Once there did a woman live in Clounmacon and her name was Mooney. / Histon, Betty -- Not far from here there are two forts. / Leahy, Kitty -- Story / Leahy, Peggie -- There is a fort in Jack Flaherty's land and about fifty years ago if anyone wanted to go into the fort field they should at first walk about the fort three times or they would have some mark before three days. / Kennelly, Martin -- One night a man was coming home from town and he was drunk and it was about eleven o' clock. / Costello, Nicholas -- Once upon a time there was a woman and her husband living in a small house. / Doyle, Betty -- There was a man walking through the fields one day. / Kennelly, Martin -- There was once a man and he used be out late every night. / Healy, Pat -- There are holy wells in many places. / Shanahan, Mary -- Long ago there was a hard working farmer. / Barry, Kitty -- Once upon a time there was an old castle near Newtown-Sandes and it was called Sandes castle. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Paddy Shanahan was coming home from Lixnaw with a horse and car as he passed a fort his horse stopped and would not go for him. / Shanahan, Mary -- One night a man was coming from a wake. / Leahy, Tim -- Once upon a time there lived a man and he had great courage and he used to stay out very late at night. / Sullivan, Kathleen -- There was once a man coming home from town about one o' clock in the night and he had to cross a fort. / Healy, Pat -- Long ago there was a man and his wife got a terrible fit of sickness and he thought she was dead. / Barry, Kitty -- Long ago there used be four boys playing cards in a house. / Barry, Peg -- Long ago people used keep a gallon of water inside every night for the good people. / Barry, Kitty -- A long time ago in Dromin there lived a small farmer who had four cows. / Halpin, Con -- There was a number of men working in a field in Dromin one day. / Kennelly, Martin
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.