DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008864
title: Kellystown, Dunleer

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kellystown, Dunleer (school) (Kellystown, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Chathail.
description: Folklore - Signs of Death -- At Termonfeckin there is a house called Rath house which was once inhabitated by Protestants. -- There are ruins belonging to an old monastery called Killslaughtery. -- The Danes lived for some time in Termonfeckin. / Evoy, John Mac -- Drumshallon church is supposed to have been built by St. Patrick. / Pentony, Anna -- Mullovilla stone is supposed to have been thrown from Slieve Gullion. -- Religion -- In Drumshallon there is a tomb-stone bearing the names of various members of a family called Eggleton. -- Old Vessels Etc. -- Famine Evictions -- Pishouges / Pentony, Philomena -- There is another stone opposite Mullavilla in Drumshallon land. -- Piperstown got its name from the pipers and fiddlers who liver near. -- Unpublished Song -- There is supposed to be a stone coffin on Fieldstown hill. -- Charms -- Hedgehog and the Hare / Pentony, Philomena -- There was once a man who was a great flute player and was playing a flute at Blackhall crossroads. -- Unpublished Song -- Father Boothe and Father Rock took a prominent part in the Land League. -- In a house not very far away from my home, they used to keep the hens in the house... -- Priorstown was a great place for lodging beggar men and also Brodanstown. -- The well where we now get our water was at one time in front of Mr Gannon's house... -- An Englishman knocked the Church in Rath. -- Trinity Well, Termonferkin is dressed with flowers once a year. -- At Clogherhead two men were trying to perform magic. -- At Ballymakenny one man tried to frighten another but he saw another man run after him. / Evoy, John Mac -- This place around Priorstown is very historical. -- The old ruins not far from my home were the ruins from which a family were evicted during the famine. -- The well from which we get the water was supposed to have moved from Mr Gannon's land to the field where it is at present. -- Termonfeckin people got St Denis's coffin and buried it there. -- There is also a cave running from Kilslaughtery to the Red House in Clogherhead... -- In a shed of ours it was said the St. Patrick said Mass in it and that people were married in it. -- There is an old superstition which some people believe in. -- On the railway at Kellystown there was supposed to be a man killed and every night at twelve o clock... -- In an old house nearby in days gone the hens used to be kept in the house... -- Near our home there are many old ruins with which strange stories are connected. -- When St Feckin was looking for a place on which to build a church he went around on a white horse... -- Sir John Robinson who lived in Roke-by Hall long ago was a very famous man, he was a great landlord. -- In Drumshallon near my home there is a grave yard, the ruins of a very ancient church where St. Patrick said Mass. -- There is a stone in Mullavilla which was thrown by a giant from Slieve Gullion in Armagh... -- There is an eel in Drumshallon and it is believed that there is hair growing on his back. -- It is said that a cow which belonged to a woman in Co. Clare and used to give a lot of milk... -- One time a fox went into a hen-house and the man came to the henhouse and saw the fox... -- A man living in Priorstown used go up to Galroostown across the fields and spend the night with them playing cards. -- At a gate known as the "Spike Gate" near the Piperstown road there was seen many nights a ghost dressed very peculiarly. -- There is a Moate near Sandpit Church known as "Corrigans Moate" and long ago the fairies used to live there. -- Sandpit got its name from all the sand fields and sand pits that are in it. -- Long ago there was a Church on Connor's hill in Sandpit and there is a thorn cross still growing there... -- Dandelion and sorrel are good cures for boils and the like. -- Seven Charities -- People who live near my home used to go across the fields to visit their friends at night. -- One night a man from Brittas was coming home through a rocky field after ten oclock. / Carr, Kathleen -- There is a moat in Rathdrummond and it was used in olden times as a Danish fortification. -- Barmeath Castle was the ancient residence of the Bellews. -- In the Church field at Carrick the ruins of a Church stands where mass was celebrated in the Penal Days. -- There is a sod in a field at Briarhall and the foxes used to take alot of hens from the places around and eat them there... -- Sir John Robison lived in Rokeby hall. He was a landlord. / Devine, Sheila -- There is a field at the back of our house and there was supposed to be fairies in it in years gone past. -- Long ago there were two houses built near a Church in Drumshallon. -- There is a big house still standing in Rokeby and it was at one time owned by Sir John Robison. -- One night a few men went to steal apples in a garden owned by "Miss King" It was a very nice calm bright night when they were going. / Hugh, Reena Mac
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.