DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922222
title: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (school) (Drangan, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Siúracha na Trócaire.
description: Tobar na mBrátharach -- Tobar Cínse Naofa -- Tobairín Donn nó Tobar Phádraig Naofa -- Tobar Deithín -- Caisleán Dhún Drongáin -- Caisleán an Chláir -- Caisleán Sheanhharraí -- Caisleán Chill Tadhnáin (Kiltinan) -- Caisleán Chnoc Cheallaigh -- Seanreilig i nDún Drongáin -- Mainistir Cnoc (Modeshil) -- Anso agus Ansúd - Mainistir Eoin Naofa -- Lios Uí Dhonabháin / Óráin, Siobhán Ní h- -- Bhean Dhraíochta -- Liosta na bhFocal atá in Úsáid Fós ins an gComharsanacht -- Old Stories -- Fairy Cottage -- Castle of Drangan -- About three miles south-west of Drangan there is a bridge called Gleann-na-muice-duibhe bridge, -- In olden times there was a man living in Mullinahone who used to take drink for the good of his health. -- A poor simple man from the district of Mullinahone stole a pig -- Some years ago there was a man working for a miserly old lady who gave him very stingy meals. -- There was a man living in the Penal days who happened to be walking along the road one very wet day -- There was a farmer one time who had a number of men working -- There was a man living near Callan who was very fond of drink. -- There was a man coming home from town late in the night. -- About five miles from the village of Drangan in the townland of Cloughtany there is a well known as Tobar Déchinn. -- In a field in John O'Dwyer's in Magoury there is a big rock -- Slievenamon -- Many years ago an old man in Lismolin dreamt that there was gold hid in a field near the castle. -- About two hundred years ago there were two robbers named Carroll and Keeffe living around Modeshill. -- There is an old cave in Priestown. -- There is the ruin of an old church in Michael Hall's farm in Magoury. -- A few hundred years ago in an old tree in the churchyard in Newtown there was a bell -- Many years ago there was an old man named Noonan living in Newtown. -- In the early part of the nineteenth century a family named O'Shea resided at the foot of Slievenamon near Cloneen. -- There was a man going to be hanged in Kilkenny jail one time, -- One day there was a very old witch sitting outside her door minding three pots of porridge which she was cooling. -- A certain woman who was drunk swore on Fr Sheehy. -- A man named Clear lived in Kilbury about 1730. -- Many years ago there was a man living in Ballyrennan, Drangan named Tadg Maher. -- The Castle of Drangan was built in Norman times. -- About two miles from Mullinahone in a place called Poulacapple there is an old well which is lined with stone. -- Hedge-Schools -- Old House in the Glen -- Old Stories -- A gentleman entered an asylum one day. -- It was on the night of the 19th of November that the burning of Ballynatten took place. -- There was a minister living in Kilvemnon. -- A terrible calamity befell this country in 1846 and 1847. -- Wakes -- Superstitions -- Cures -- Good Times and Joy Be With Them All -- Birds / White, Josephine -- Domestic Animals / White, Josephine -- Potatoes / White, Josephine -- Old Customs / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Funny Story / White, Josephine -- In Tipperary is a hill shaped very much like a peaked night-cap. / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Funny Story / White, Josephine -- Funny Story / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- A man once had a lazy ass in a race. / White, Josephine -- Story / White, Josephine -- Forty years ago the young lads living around Mullinahone made pop-guns. / White, Josephine -- Culm Balls / White, Josephine -- Marriage Customs / Walshe, Kathleen -- Boot-Making / Nash, Biddy -- Riddles / Nash, Biddy -- Riddles / Nash, Biddy -- Riddles / Walshe, Teresa -- Rhymes / Walshe, Teresa -- Great Feats of Irishmen in Olden Days / Hanly, Peggy
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.