DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922074
title: Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine (school) (Garrydoolis, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Ss. Ó Nuanáin.
description: Tales / Comans, Martin -- This is a prayer which was supposed to be said by people who were leaving their native land in ancient times. / Comans, Martin -- There is a townsland in this district called Scrag. "Scrag" means a rough or rocky place. Scrag was once a lake which was about six miles long and four miles wide. / Comans, Martin -- Some time ago I heard a legend about a lake which is situated in the County Limerick. / Comans, Martin -- When a certain man in the district of Pallasgreen was baptised the priest who baptised him told his sponsers that he'd never see a ghost or anything unearthly during his life. / Comans, Martin -- There is a townsland in the district of Pallasgreen called Kilcornan. / Comans, Martin -- It was November Eve and Mary Doyle and Nora Breen said they would do what they could for the poor suffering souls. / Commans, Martin -- During the Penal Days there was a gallows erected on the roadside between Knockane and Emly. / Comans, Martin -- Some time ago I heard a story about a black dog which used to haunt a little stream called the "Suil". / Comans, Martin -- In the townsland of Ballyneety, there is a rock called Sarsfields Rock. / Comans, Martin -- In the townland of Ardane and parish of Bansha is a well called "St Berrihert's Well" and about two hundred yards west of the well is a disused graveyard known as "St Berriherts Kyle". / Hogan, Hugh -- A man who was living in the neighbourhood told me this story:- Once upon a time a certain woman was milking cows at a farmer's house. / Comans, Martin -- Not far from Cullen, Co. Tipperary there is a hill called Longstone. / Comans, Martin -- It was from a man called Patrick Hanley I heard this story. / Donoghue, John -- In a road between Emly and Sattin there once stood an old Church which was believed to be haunted. / Buckley, Bridget -- A long time ago a man was coming home late from a fair. / Ryan, Margaret -- A few nights ago I was talking to an old man in the neighbourhood and he was telling me some stories one of which I am now going to relate. / Ryan, Margaret -- I know a blessed well in the parish of Cullen and old people say that the Blessed Virgin appeared there. / Ryan, James -- There is a mountain in the County Tipperary called Slievnamuck. / Comans, Martin -- There are many strange customs connected with May Eve. / Looby, Bridget -- Once upon a time a farmer and his son were taking away a moat which was in their land. / Comans, Martin -- I heard a very interesting story from a man in the neighbourhood concerning an ancient disused churchyard in Kilcornan. / Ryan, James -- There is an old man whose name is John O' Connor living in my district. / Comans, Martin -- A few nights ago I heard this story from an old man. One night three men were returning home from a market. / Comans, Martin -- I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. One day in the month of June some men were cutting hay and they happened to come across a weasel's nest with five young ones in it. / Comans, Martin -- Last Summer next Winter the year before last / A man with a hammer stood breaking his fast. / Comans, Martin -- There is a hill surrounding the Lake of Lough Guir called Mount Finell at the foot of which three stones form a kind of seat. / Ryan, James -- A long time ago people used take their oats to Limerick. Some of them used to lodge in Boher and continue their journey the following morning. / Ryan, Margaret -- I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. / Comans, Martin -- The modern story-tellers connect Lough Diheen with tales of the serpent. This lake is situated high up on the left or eastern side of Galtymore. / Ryan, James -- About a week ago I heard this story about the "Black Stone" of Knockane. It begins thus:- A family named the Conway lived in a small hut, where a large ash tree is now growing. / Ryan, James -- One night I heard this story from an old man in the neighbourhood concerning a lough of water called the "Suil". / Ryan, James -- I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. There is certain man in this district and when he was young, a man named Tom Hennessy took him to a fair in Tipperary. / Comans, Martin -- There is a well in the lands of Mr. Rafferty, Longstone, County Tipperary. / Ryan, James -- There is a parish in the district of Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick called Templebraden. / Comans, Martin -- One night a man was playing cards in a neighbour's house. It was about twelve o' clock when he started for home. / Ryan, James -- A few nights ago I heard the following story from a man in the neighbourhood. One evening a certain man was going to milk cows in a field where a monastery stood and he found a crucifix which he put in his pocket. / Comans, Martin -- St Ailbe's well is situated in Emly Churchyard and it is a very ancient one indeed. / Ryan, James -- It was from a man named Daniel O' Dwyer that I heard the following story:- Once upon a time a certain farmer bought a few loads of manure from a neighbouring man. / Comans, Martin -- In the land of David Bourke, Cloughready, Co. Tipperary there is a field, and one part of it is low and the other part of it is raised up in a big hill. / Ryan, James -- A long time ago there lived a man and every night when he used to go to bed a big, heavy hand was layed on his breast. / Comans, Martin -- I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. One day a neighbour of his was dead and a man named David Burke went to the funeral. / Donoghue, John -- Well about fifty years ago it was the custom for farmers around this district to go away in the middle of the night with horse loads of oats to sell in Limerick. / Ryan, James -- I heard this story from an old man in the neighbourhood. There was a certain man in the district and he had a very wicked bull. / Comans, Martin -- It was from a man named John Ryan. I heard the following story:- He said that one night about twleve o' clock he was coming home from Hospital in a trap-car and as he neared the cross of Ballyvistea, he looked back and saw a coffin which appeared to be floating about two feet overhead the ground. / Ryan, James -- It was from a man named Ailbe Kelly I heard the following story:- One day St Patrick was riding an ass to Tipperary and as he was passing through Cullen he got very hungry, so he went in to a house to get his dinner. / Ryan, James -- There is a holy well in Kilteely which has been famous through many centuries. / Comans, Martin -- About twenty years ago there lived a girl who was very industrious. She was in the habit of staying up late at night sewing, knitting and doing crochet work. / Ryan, James -- One night two men were coming home from a fair. As they neared a turnip garden they saw something like a railway carriage. / Comans, Martin -- I heard the following story from an old man in neighbourhood. There was a certain man in this district and when he used to be churning the milk it used to turn into some substance like blood. / Comans, Martin -- In this district there is a hill called 'the hill of Derk'. The word 'Derk' is got from 'Dearg' the Irish word for red because the country around is very bare. / Comans, Martin -- An old man in the neighbourhood told me this story:- In olden times it was the custom of the people to dance sing and have various methods of enjoyment when any person in the district was dead because they said that they were gone from this misfortunate world. / Comans, Martin -- It was from a man named John Mahoney I heard the following experiences. He said that a certain man was returning home from a concert and he had to cross some fields. In one of those fields there was a moat in which fairies were supposed to dwell. / Comans, Martin -- One night two boys went into an orchard with the intention of stealing some apples. They were not long in the orchard when one of the boys saw a large dog with sparkling eyes coming towards them. / Comans, Martin -- One dark night a certain man was returning from a neighbour's house. / Comans, Martin -- Riddles / Comans, Martin -- Once upon a time a priest and a Pharisee wanted to find out which one of them had the right religion. / Comans, Martin -- This is a story I heard from an old man a few nights ago:- One night a certain man was returning home from a play. / Comans, Martin -- There is a hill called the Hill of Cromhil near the village of Kilteely County Limerick. / Comans, Martin -- Once upon a time two young men lived together and how they used to earn money was by betting. / Comans, Martin -- Once upon a time a small man lived in a certain village and every night he used to go to a neighbour's house where only one man lived and who used to keep one cow. / Comans, Martin -- There was once a holy well in the parish of Emly, Co. Tipperary and it was believed to be connected with some saint. / Comans, Martin -- Riddles / Comans, Martin -- I heard a man named Patrick Tobin telling the following story. Once upon a time there lived a certain man who had a moate at the bottom of his field. / Comans, Martin -- One night a certain man was coming home from the fair of Tipperary driving some cattle before him. / Comans, Martin -- One night two boys went into an orchard to steal nuts. / Comans, Martin -- Molua well is situated between Knocklong and Glenbrohan. The pattern is on the 3rd of August and it holds for eight days. / Ryan, James -- There was a card party in a house one night and it lasted until twelve o' clock. One boy had to go home a very lonely road. / Ryan, James -- A long time ago there dwelt a gentleman who had a big farm and a beautiful bull. / Ryan, James -- I was talking to an old man a couple of days ago and he was telling me some nerve-wracking tales one of which I am now going to relate. In the olden days the people were very fond of hurling. / Ryan, James -- Comharthaí na hAimsire -- Scéal Grinn -- Scéal -- I heard this story a few days ago and this is the way it begins:- There is a man in this district and when he was young a man named Thomas Hennessy took him to Tipperary. / Ryan, Margaret -- There is a hill in the County Limerick called the Hill of Derk. / Buckley, Bridget -- Proverbs / Ryan, Margaret -- This is the version of the following story I heard. Long ago in Ireland giants were very numerous. / Buckley, Bridget -- I heard this story from an old man in my neighbourhood named John Mc Carthy. One day a man was out ploughing in his garden. / Buckley, Bridget -- The following story was related by a man in my district which begins thus:- One night in the middle of November a man was coming home from a gamble. / Buckley, Bridget -- Pishogues / Ryan, Margaret -- Tales / Hogan, Hugh -- Cures / Hogan, Hugh -- Folklore - Abbeys / Hogan, Hugh -- Folklore - Proverbs / Hogan, Hugh -- Place Names / Hogan, Hugh -- Holy Wells / Hogan, Hugh -- Jokes / Hogan, Hugh
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.