DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4583327
title: Cill Cúlach

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cill Cúlach (school) (Kilcooly, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Séamus Mac Lochlainn.
description: Kilboght Abbey -- It is believed that there is an enchanted mill in Ballyduggan and it is said that the wheel of this mill will run with blood after a certain battle which will be fought on the top of Ballyduggan hill. -- It is believed that there is a brother and sister buried under an ash tree in Ballyduggan hill -- There is an ancient blessed well situated in the middle of Ballybroder and it is believed that a great many people of different diseases used to pay visits to this well -- It is believed that there is an old cat minding a pot of gold -- There is an old fort in Doon -- There was a man working alone in a field one day when a hunt came along -- Once upon a time there was a man by the name of Lyons living alone in a very big house. -- In a place called Oileán in the parish of Kilrickle there stand a very old house. -- There was once a man by the name of Flannery living in Ballybrouder. -- One Winters evening a man named Michael Fahy was passing Kilrickle Church and he said he would go in to say his prayers. -- Newgrove Land -- Once upon a time there lived in Shangarry Fort a woman named Biddy Naven. / Dhonnchadha, Áine Ní -- St Brendan's well is situated in Limehill and it is said that he came there long ago and baptised a lot of people. -- There is an old ruin called Ballinadrimna castle -- One time there was an old pensioner policeman named Tom Murphy living on the top a hill in Shangarry -- Mary Carton lived with her parents in a place called Powerliska -- There is a great big hill between Shangarry and Ballyfinton. -- One time there lived in Shangarry a woman named Ann Maloney -- Once upon a time Peter Slattery lived in Grange. -- Some forty years ago there lived an old woman alone in the parish of Tynagh. -- One wild evening in Spring there was a man named Jack Berry from Killnadeema leaving the town of Loughrea on horseback. -- Years ago there was a hore in Simehill cover, that nobody could kill. -- Once upon a time and not so very long ago either there was a Tanyard in Loughrea. -- There is still another story about the same hound. -- In the year nineteen hundred and nine an old poet or bard as he wished to style himself was travelling this side of the country. -- Once upon a time there lived a man in the parish of Mullagh. -- There was a young married couple in the parish of Leitrim one time. -- There was once a Judge called Judge Pimplekin. -- There was two men from Derrybrien going to the fair in Portumna one time. -- Hidden Treasures / Robinson, Christina -- Hidden Treasures / Dolan, Matilda -- Hidden Treasures / Flanagan, Kitty -- Hidden Treasures / Flynn, Patrick -- Hidden Treasures / Breheny, Mary Joe -- Hidden Treasures / Darcy, Andrew -- Hidden Treasures / Costello, Margaret -- Hidden Treasures / Stankard, Frances -- Hidden Treasures / Glennon, Joseph -- Local Stories / Flanagan, Kitty -- Local Stories / Leonard, Frank -- Local Stories / Burke, Richard -- Local Heroes / Costello, Mary -- Local Hero / Fahy, Sarah -- Local Hero / Dolan, Matilda -- Churning / Flanagan, Kitty -- Marriage Customs / Flynn, John -- Marriage Customs / Flynn, John -- Marriage Customs / Leonard, John -- Marriage Customs -- Marriage Customs / Flanagan, Kitty -- Marriage Customs / Donnellan, Peggy -- Herbs -- Herbs / Fahy, Bridie -- Herbs / Flanagan, Kitty -- Herbs / Dolan, Matilda -- Proverbs / Donohoe, May -- Proverbs / Donohoe, Rita -- Proverbs / Flanagan, Kitty -- Proverbs / Flanagan, Kitty -- There was a man in Coolaney who used to sell fruit and flowers and when a customer would ask him "what sort of fruit are you selling".. -- Proverbs -- As I rode out from Woodford town... / Flynn, John -- Hurragh my boys from shore to shore. Will sing and dance and drink go lore. / Costello, Margaret -- On the day of the eviction some thousands were there... / Burke, Richard -- Local Prayers / Flanagan, Kitty -- Local Prayers / Nolan, Christina -- Thunder Prayer / Costello, Margaret -- Local Prayers -- Local Prayers -- Local Prayers / Mannion, Nora -- Local Prayers / Flynn, John -- When people are driving the cows they say "Spo" or "How". / Flynn, John -- Local Prayers / Glennon, Teresa -- Kilcooley Castle / Dolan, Christina -- During the penal times, there lived in Ballyfinton a priest who used to hide in a castle. / Donohoe, Rita -- It is an old custom in my parish on Chalk Sunday to write on each young man's back with white chalk if he is not married. / Costellp, Mary -- Local Cures / Flanagan, Kitty -- Story -- Festival Customs / Leonard, William -- Food in Olden Times / Breheny, Mary Joe -- Famine Story / Glennon, Teresa
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.