DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009086
title: Loughagar

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Loughagar (school) (Loughagar More, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Énrí Mac an Abba.
description: Hidden Treasures -- Story of Rathconnell Churchyard -- One time a young boy was bringing in the cows at Ranndubh, a hill near Castlepollard. -- One time a man came from Longford to Tubberalean walking upon two crutches... -- There is a lake near Collinstown called Lock Lein. / Donnell, Annie Mc -- There was once a gentleman who owned a lot of land in Lein. -- Once upon a time there lived a very rich man. -- There once lived a man near Monilea called Bill Cassidy. / Donnell, Annie Mc -- There was once a man who was going out with his cows out to the fields. / Tuite, Mary -- Childrens' Games -- Land League -- Story -- Story -- Piper -- Story -- A half a century ago a man Cassidy lived a short distance outside Mullingar. -- Candle-Making -- Story -- Story -- Haunted House / Donnell, Maggie Mc -- Fairy Story -- Story -- Story -- Long ago people used to make cribs to catch birds. -- Once upon a time a man lived in Branstown Ballinae. / Casey, Marie -- Cooke of Cooksboro -- Conor Sheridan -- Adolphus Cooke -- Folk Tales - Conor Sheridan and Other Stories -- Christy King was a tyrant landlord. -- Cooke of Cooksboro and Conor Sheridan -- Once there was a stream crossing the road from which Cloughan got its name. -- Conor Sheridan -- Cooke of Cooksboro -- Cooke of Cooksboro -- Toothache -- Crows -- Rabbits -- How Pass Got Its Name -- Old Richard Reynolds fell in love with the holy water font in Rathconnell... -- Taghmon is a very ancient place therefore there is a lot of folklore connected with it. -- Man and the Pig -- Drunkard -- About 40 years ago there lived near Cloughan a man named White. -- Ghost at Rathconnell -- There is a story told of a man in Co. Galway... / Mee, Margaret Mary -- There was once a woman named Dunne who was suffering from a queer disease. -- Long ago fairies lived in a fort near Pass cross-roads. -- Long ago a man in Rathconnell lent a pair of horses to a man to take away a fort. -- One time a man went to look for work to old Cook. -- There was a fort outside Mulligan's. -- Story -- Story -- Story -- Story -- There was a man named James Nolan of Cullion... -- There was a man, one time, of the name of Hector Bone who liced in Taughmon. -- The Lamb Brennan was setting pike-lines on Derravaragh one night... -- There was an old woman one time and she had a lot of money... -- Cures -- Corncrake / Donnell, Annie Mc -- Stolen Fowl / Crowley, Desmond -- Cuckoo -- Things Not to Do -- Signs of Weather -- Riddles / Crowley, Desmond -- Long ago if anyone wished anyone else dead... / Donnell, Brigid Mc -- Collection of Tithes -- There was a man one time going to the fair of Fore along with his wife. -- Stealing Butter from the Churn -- The year after the famine there was a covetous old man named Brady who lived in Ballynagall. -- There was a man out early one morning airing horses in Rathconnell. -- Long ago it was the custom to bury a sheaf of oats for a person who was not liked. -- Long ago in Killynon it was said... -- It is unlucky... -- A man named Bill Cassidy lived beside Daly's. -- There was a man going home from Ceilvohe one night... -- Banshee -- Magpies -- Once there was a man who used to go to play cards every night... -- Lusmore and the Fairies
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.