DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008879
title: Tullyallen, Drogheda

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tullyallen, Drogheda (school) (Tullyallen, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Chonchobhair.
description: It is believed that there is an underground tunnel... -- Many hundred years ago there was a well at the foot of the hill... -- There is a large stone at a place near Drogheda... -- There is a quarry near Killineer... -- There is a legend told of a lone bush... -- A new quarry was opened in Killineer... -- There is a bridge at "Bárr-a-Shúil"... -- Townley Hall is a townland about four miles from Drogheda... -- Another legend of Townley Hall is of a ghost... -- Many hundred years ago, there lived a schoolmaster... -- On the hill of Coolfore, which is in the parish of Mellifont, can still be seen... -- There is an estate in the county of Louth... -- There is a legend told of a well at Glassallen, near Mellifont... -- There is a certain moss growing on the top of Fieldstown Chapel... -- About 50 years ago, three men... -- On the grounds of Slane castle are the ruins of... -- A legend is told of a Miss Mc Guire... -- In a district named Hilltown, which is about four miles from Drogheda... -- During the old fair days of Drogheda... -- During the time of the Cholera in Drogheda... -- A neighbour of a man called Mr Reid bought a horse... -- Celebrities of Drogheda -- Long ago there was a house called "St John's"... -- At Bellewstown races, the well-to-do farmers brought carts... -- Horse-Clipping -- Years ago, in the streets of Drogheda, there were always watchmen. -- Years ago there were cross-road dances... -- There used to be a Pattern held at Donore... -- Sleeveen Saturday -- In Peter St, and Lawrence St, and Bolton St, there were shops called Huxten's shops. -- A crow never built on Townley Hall wood nor a hare is never seen there. -- About sixty years ago, excursionists always hired a car... -- "The Creepy" - which was a small stool... -- Years ago, well-to-do people always wore Paisley shawls... -- Long ago in the farmhouse... -- Long ago when a poor person would die... -- Some years ago, the square outside... -- Butterley's boat - a little boat which crossed over... -- Along the banks of the Boyne... -- Long ago, coal vessels, (masted)... -- A man named Connor, who lived in Bolton St... -- About forty-five years ago, before the bicycle was invented... -- Some years ago there was a hall in Coolrath... -- Many old stories are told about Tullyallen. -- Footballing -- Funny Story -- Old Song -- Funny Story -- Legends - High Over All -- Lone Bush -- Gearrán Bán -- Fairy Child -- Public Houses -- Bellows-Making -- Horses used be bled in Spring... -- Various old pictures, with a 'hint or a moral' on them... -- Thrush disease in horse's foot comes from dirty stabling. -- Bobby Burns -- Once Bobby Burns saw a man going to drown a 14-yrs old dog... -- Old Song
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.