DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769998
title: Camross, Mountrath

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Camross, Mountrath (school) (Camross, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Heifernáin.
description: Camros -- Eanach Truim -- Cloch Naoimh Caoimhín -- Cúl Raithne -- Sreathán -- Mian Droichead -- Ros na Críona -- Gleann Doimhin -- Baile an Átha -- Mrs Jimmy Maher asked me: ... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Ainmneacha Áit -- Archaeological -- Linguistic - Epitaph on Ryan's Grave in Camross Graveyard -- Dear Ryan is No More / Breen, John -- Slieve Bloom Mountains / Breen, John -- Castletown Dale / Breen, John -- Camross Roads / Breen, John -- Nelly from the Mountains Down / Breen, John -- Famed Delour / Breen, John -- Clonaslee / Breen, John -- Brave Boys of Upperwoods / Breen, John -- Green of Slatey / Breen, John -- Thomas Scully / Breen, John -- Gregory Costigan / Collier, Patrick -- Murder of Gregory Costigan -- 53 and 54 / Collier, Patrick -- In former times the parish of Camross and Castletown were one parish, ... -- Ballinrally -- Rossnacreena -- Gort na gCloch -- When Jimmie Loughlin the Glebe Camross was asked why he had so many children he said: ... -- There long ago there lived the old clan of the Dooleys. / Dooley, Willie -- One night Peter Brophy was out walking in a field... -- There is a pot of gold in Caher. ... -- Once upon a time there was a Protestant man. ... / Culleton, Nora -- There was a man one time... -- There is a pot of gold in... / Scully, John -- Once there was a man. ... -- One night a man was out rambling. ... / Collier, Patrick -- Long ago there was money buried on the... / Collier, Patrick -- Short Story of the Death of St Canice of Aghaboe -- Long ago there lived a man in this parish... / Collier, Patrick -- Once there lived a landlord... / Collier, Patrick -- Long ago there was very often fights... / Guilfoyle, Patrick -- On the road between Cappanara an Camross... / Collier, Patrick -- Once there lived in this parish a priest... / Collier, Patrick -- Three men were going to a dance... / Thompson, Eilish -- There was a holy well in Cloneanagh. ... / Thompson, Eilish -- A big tree was growing in... / Thompson, Eilish -- A servant girl was living at Dooley's in Mountrath. ... / Thompson, Eilish -- Two boys told a girl to steal... / Thompson, Eilish -- Three men were going to a certain place. ... / Thompson, Eilish -- A man named Sawyer was digging his potatoes... / Thompson, Eilish -- A man named Thomas Scanlan was crossing the bridge at... / Thompson, Eilish -- One night there were men playing cards in Mr Casey's house. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- There are three raths in Camross, ... / Cole, Christopher -- Once there lived a man in Derry. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- There was a family one time. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- There is a pot of Gold hidden in... / , Seán -- There was a family living in Windsor one time. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- In 1855 an old Hedge-Schoolmaster lived in Camross. ... -- There is a rath at the south side of Pluck's Bridge. ... / Bergin, Thomas -- There was a hedge Schoolmaster living in Garranbawn. ... / Bergin, Thomas -- Once there was a house in Windsor. ... / Dooley, Gertie -- A Long time ago a man went out into a field. ... / Dooley, Willie -- Years ago there was a girl crossing the fields. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Once there was a family named Delaneys. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Once upon a time there was a man in Coolrain. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Many people dreamt that there was a pot of gold in our field. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Yarn -- One night a man was coming home from selling wheat. ... / Delaney, Seán -- Long ago a farmer had two sons, ... / Bergin, Stephen -- One day a woman got some water to boil cabbage out of a holy well. ... / Dooley, John -- There was once a tramp going along the road... / Kilmartin, Seán -- Once there was a man and he dreamt that... / Dooley, Teresa -- During the time Cromwell was in Ireland... / Dooley, Teresa -- A few years ago there was a family living in Coolrain. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- There was a man living in Camross one time. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Once a brother and two sisters lived in a house together... / Bergin, Mary -- Once upon a time there lived a woman in a rath called Oaksfort. ... / Seymour, Eivine -- One day a man and a boy were going to a fair in Roscrea. ... / Galvin, May -- There is a holy well in the graveyard in Sheirke. ... / Kilmartin, James -- Flynch's Bridge / Seymour, Eilish -- Gulf of Cloncully / Seymour, Eilish -- Story about Cloncully / Seymour, Eilish -- One night a man was returning from a public-house. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One night an old woman was mending stockings in the kitchen. ... / , Seán -- One night a man was returning from rambling. ... / Dooley, John -- One time there lived in Coolrain a very cruel man. ... -- In the glebe there is a little lane. ... / Dooley, John -- Long ago there lived in Windsor a poet named John Dooley. ... -- Song by John Dooley -- Once there was a man coming home late in the night. ... / Tynan, Frank -- In olden times in Upperwoods there were fierce faction fights... -- Long ago a man was coming home from town by Ballyhoran. ... / Sydes, Joseph -- One night a man was going home from Coolrain. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One night a man named Delaney was coming home from a fair in Roscrea. ... / Dooley, John -- There is a well in Anatrim called St Kevin's well. ... / Dooley, Gertie -- There is a pot of gold in Mr Burke's field in Clonin. ... / Scully, John -- Two men went to a gamble... / Dooley, Denis -- There was a man who went to ramble every night. ... / Galvin, May -- There was a man rambling one night at this side of the Nore... -- One a man lived in Shanderry. ... / Galvin, Mai -- About sixty years ago there was a rich gentleman of the place had... / Seymour, Evríne -- A family lived in the Rushall... / Dooley, John -- There are the remains of a lime kiln... -- The proper name for Moll Joe's hill is... -- One day a man was getting a coulter of a plough... -- Móin an Fhile -- There is a well in Aghaboe where... / Dooley, Teresa -- One night a man was going home from town. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- Once upon a time there was a man going home to his dinner. ... / , Francis -- One night Denis Delaney was coming home from Roscrea. ... / Collier, Eilish -- At a place called Collier's of the hill... / Collier, Lawrence -- One time there lived in Coolrain a woman and her husband. ... / Dooley, John -- One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... / Collier, Patrick -- There was once a man who always got drunk... / Scully, Thomas -- One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Long ago a woman went to see her mother... / Dooley, John -- One night a man was returning... / Dooley, Teresa -- Long ago there lived a woman in Killin. ... / , William -- There is a pot of gold at... / Collier, Eilish -- Darby's of the Leap Castle. ... / Collier, Patrick -- One night a couple of men went to steal apples. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One morning a man was going to a fair. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Not far from Kyle there is a lake. ... / Cole, Ita -- There was once a well in Skeirke. ... / Holohan, Patrick -- One night a man went to ramble. ... / , Josie -- One night Mrs Delaney was going home from the station. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- One night a man was going home from town and he went into a house for to ramble. ... -- One night a man by the name of Jim Cordial... / Seymour, Éiríne -- There was once an old woman living in Rossnacreena. ... / Collier, Paudeen -- Once there was a man and he was going to the fair... / , Maisie -- On the car road going into Ballinrally... / Tynan, Jenny -- Long ago a man named Kelly dreamed... / Collier, Patrick -- Once upon a time there was a man... / Kilmartin, James -- There was once a pot of gold in... / Kilmartin, James -- One night a man was going home from... / Palmer, John -- One night a man was going to a neighbours house. ... / Dooley, Gertie -- There are people living in Derry... / Collier, Eilish -- A long time ago there lived a family in Annatrim. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One night a man was going home from Coolrain to Camross. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One night a man dreamt that there was money to be found on... / Collier, Eilish -- About fifty years ago there lived a man in Timoney. ... / Collier, Eilish -- In olden times there was a monastery in Timoney. ... / Collier, Eilish -- Captain Hutchinson - Timoney House / Collier, Eilish -- A man was very drunk one Christmas night... -- Garron / Collier, Patrick -- Long ago a man was coming from a dance. ... / Collier, Patrick -- One night a man was coming home from... / Seymour, Dolly -- Long ago there lived a man in this parish and... / Delaney, Agnes -- One night a man was coming home from... / Delaney, Agnes -- Once there was a boy. ... / Galvin, Thomas -- One May morning a priest was going on a journey. ... / Ashe, Francis -- Once upon a time there was a man digging in his own garden. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- There is a gate in Tom Phelans called gallows gate. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- Long ago there was a monastery in Aghaboe... / Collier, Patrick -- Once there lived a man in a place called Knock. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- One May day a man was working in his field and he... / Dooley, Maisie -- Long ago there lived a man named Grady. ... -- There was a man one time and he was leading a very bad life. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- Long ago a saint lived in Kyle... / Delaney, Agnes -- Fionn Mac Cumaill learned to run and beat a hare in Shrahane. -- Monanelly Fort is the largest in the neighbourhood... -- Once there lived an landlord named Cullan in Marymount. ... / Bergin, Thomas -- During the time St. Fintan was in Clonenagh... / Collier, Patrick -- The Parish Priest in Camross had to go on a... / Dooley, Maisie -- There were two little boys one time. ... / Hefferan, P.J. -- Co. Limerick Expression / Heffernan, P.J. -- Sweep Down to the Well for a Bucket of Water / Heffernan, P.J. -- One evening I was working in the school garden. ... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Dysertheigh near Holycross... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Colours -- In comes Tod with his big long rod. ... -- Old Hag -- Games -- If you kill a cricket... / Collier, Paudeen -- If you break a mirror... / Collier, Patrick -- If you kill a swallow the cows will milk blood. ... / Bergin, Thomas -- It is unlucky for a woman to take off her wedding ring. ... / Dooley, John -- If your right hand is itchy... / Collier, Patrick -- If you leave a spoon fall... -- A Game was played long ago... -- It is according to sound:... -- Managers Camross N.S. -- Teachers Camross N.S. -- "Whang" in Co.Wicklow... -- Riddles -- Monument Tree / Heffernan, P.J. -- The old road from Limerick to Dublin... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Monument Tree / Heffernan, P.J. -- In Derrynasaora between the Story Road... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Monument Bush / Heffernan, P.J. -- Ethnographic / Heffernan, P.J. -- Rats are a sign of enemies... / Heffernan, P.J. -- List of Thatched Houses in the Parish -- Glens in the Mountain / Heffernan, P.J. -- In the Gap of Glandine... / Heffernan, P.J. -- Gathered from Children in Camross School / Bergin, Christina -- Gathered from Children in Camross School / Dooley, Teresa -- Gathered from Children in Camross School -- If you see a pin... -- There was a smith one time... / Heffernan, P.J.
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.