DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922271
title: Ballyporeen

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballyporeen (school) (Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher L. Ó Conchubhair.
description: Taibhse Áth na Lice -- Maor Cíosa nó Diarmuid Báille -- Leigheas do Thinneas Droma -- Leigheas don Mhúchadh -- Cures / Bhál, Seán de -- Cures - Warts / Síthi, Séamus -- Cures / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- Cures / Riain, Seán Ua -- Cures / Donncha, Pádraig Ua -- Cures - Chilblains / Fáthaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Cures - A Cold / Ruiséal, Tomás -- Cures - Boils / Bhál, Séamus de -- Cures - Wildfire / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Cures - Warts / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Cures - Burn / Donnchada, Pádraig Ua -- Cures - Chilblains / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Cures - Earache / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Cures - A Sting / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Cures - Corns / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Cures - Pains / Dálaigh, Seán Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Hidden Treasure / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Hidden Treasure / Dálaigh, Seán Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Historic Places - A Fairy Tree / Fitzgerald, Patrick -- Historic Places - Spynk / Bhál, Seán de -- Historic Places - The Old Altar / Síthi, Séamus / Sheehy, Séamus -- Historic Places - Cloch an Tiarna / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Historic Places - The Priest's Field / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Historic Places - Béal Lough -- One day a man was coming along the main road from Clogheen to Burncourt on horseback. / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- About half a mile west of Ballyporeen there is a borheen which leads to a river. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- Old Lios / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Fairy Bush / Giobúin, Séamus Mac -- Fairy Footballer / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Mystery of Galtee Mór / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- There is a place just below the Rock and it is said that an innocent man was killed there. / Ruiséal, Tomás -- There is a house about two miles from Ballyporeen. The name of the people is O' Briens. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- In the townland of Skeheen is a spot which is said to be haunted. / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- On the roadside between Burncourt and Cahir in Rehill, at a place called the old Round, there was a dance held some time ago. / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Pishogues / Donchadha, Pádraig Ua -- This tree was situated on the eastern side of Ballyporeen but recently a storm blew it down. / Bhál, Seán de -- There is a farmer living in Dangan named Thomas Dunlea. / Dálaigh, Seán Ua -- There was a captain in The British Army in 1798 whose name was Major Neil. / Giobúin, Séamus Mac -- There is a well in the field of a Lonergan man in Ballyskeehan. / Bhál, Séamus de -- Danes' Field / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- A certain man went over to America and when he was over for a while he met another man who asked him what brought him over. / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Once upon a time there were certain people passing along the road beside Hanrahans one night when they suddenly heard the galloping of a horse behind them. / Donncha, Pádraig Ó -- There is a tree about two miles outside Ballyporeen near the graveyard of Templetenny. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Strong Man / Dathaill, Tadhg Ua -- Strong Man / Dathaill, Tadhg Ua -- Strong Man / Briain, Séamus Ua -- The following song was written by Father Sheehy a native of Ballyporeen. -- This is a story I heard from an old man of how Ballyporeen first got its name. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- About forty years ago two girls and their mother lived about two miles from the village of Ballyporeen. / Aoileáin, Seán Ua h -- There is a tree about a mile outside Ballyporeen near the Grave yard of Templekenny. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- There was a man living in Mitchelstown about sixty years ago. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- In olden times it was a custom to make a cross of two old sticks and put a green ribbon of St Patrick's around it. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- St Brigid's Eve / Ruiséal, Tomás -- Curious Legend / Bhál, Seán de -- Irish Places and Names / Fáthaigh, Proinnsias Ua / Donncha, Pádraig Ua -- Cures / Cíosóg, Fanacháin -- Tobairín Donn / Gearailt, Seán Mac -- Ghost Story / Ruiséal, Tomás -- True Story / Cíosóg, Fanacháin -- The Banshee / Riain, Seán Ua -- About three miles outside Ballyporeen is Kilcorroon there is a lios and John Barry cut down a tree and one of the best cows that he had in the herd died. / Briain, Séamus Ó -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, Michael O' -- Weather-Lore / Dahill, Timothy -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, John O' -- Weather-Lore / Hennessey, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Noonan, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Daly, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Fitzgerald, John -- Weather-Lore / Ryan, John Joe -- Weather-Lore / Geary, Edward -- Weather-Lore / Lyons, Daniel -- Weather-Lore / Fitzgerald, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Sheehy, John -- Weather-Lore / Gorman, Daniel O' -- Weather Omens / Sheehy, John -- Weather Omens / Fitzgerald, Michael -- Weather Omens / Russell, Thomas -- Weather Omens / Geary, Edward -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, John O' -- Weather Omens / Dahill, Timothy -- Weather Omens / Fitzgerald, John -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Weather Omens / Daly, Patrick -- Weather Omens / Hennessey, Patrick -- Farm Animals / Lyons, Daniel -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, Michael O' -- Taibhse Áth na Lice -- Maor Cíosa nó Diarmuid Báille -- Leigheas do Thinneas Droma -- Leigheas don Mhúchadh -- Cures / Bhál, Seán de -- Cures - Warts / Síthi, Séamus -- Cures / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- Cures / Riain, Seán Ua -- Cures / Donncha, Pádraig Ua -- Cures - Chilblains / Fáthaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Cures - A Cold / Ruiséal, Tomás -- Cures - Boils / Bhál, Séamus de -- Cures - Wildfire / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Cures - Warts / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Cures - Burn / Donnchada, Pádraig Ua -- Cures - Chilblains / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Cures - Earache / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Cures - A Sting / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Cures - Corns / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Cures - Pains / Dálaigh, Seán Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Hidden Treasure / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Hidden Treasure / Dálaigh, Seán Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Historic Places - A Fairy Tree / Fitzgerald, Patrick -- Historic Places - Spynk / Bhál, Seán de -- Historic Places - The Old Altar / Síthi, Séamus / Sheehy, Séamus -- Historic Places - Cloch an Tiarna / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Historic Places - The Priest's Field / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- Historic Places - Béal Lough -- One day a man was coming along the main road from Clogheen to Burncourt on horseback. / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- About half a mile west of Ballyporeen there is a borheen which leads to a river. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- Old Lios / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Fairy Bush / Giobúin, Séamus Mac -- Fairy Footballer / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Mystery of Galtee Mór / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- There is a place just below the Rock and it is said that an innocent man was killed there. / Ruiséal, Tomás -- There is a house about two miles from Ballyporeen. The name of the people is O' Briens. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- In the townland of Skeheen is a spot which is said to be haunted. / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- On the roadside between Burncourt and Cahir in Rehill, at a place called the old Round, there was a dance held some time ago. / Briain, Micheál Ó -- Pishogues / Donchadha, Pádraig Ua -- This tree was situated on the eastern side of Ballyporeen but recently a storm blew it down. / Bhál, Seán de -- There is a farmer living in Dangan named Thomas Dunlea. / Dálaigh, Seán Ua -- There was a captain in The British Army in 1798 whose name was Major Neil. / Giobúin, Séamus Mac -- There is a well in the field of a Lonergan man in Ballyskeehan. / Bhál, Séamus de -- Danes' Field / Fathaigh, Proinnsias Ua -- A certain man went over to America and when he was over for a while he met another man who asked him what brought him over. / Aonghusa, Seán Ua h -- Once upon a time there were certain people passing along the road beside Hanrahans one night when they suddenly heard the galloping of a horse behind them. / Donncha, Pádraig Ó -- There is a tree about two miles outside Ballyporeen near the graveyard of Templetenny. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- Strong Man / Dathaill, Tadhg Ua -- Strong Man / Dathaill, Tadhg Ua -- Strong Man / Briain, Séamus Ua -- The following song was written by Father Sheehy a native of Ballyporeen. -- This is a story I heard from an old man of how Ballyporeen first got its name. / Aoileán, Seán Ua h -- About forty years ago two girls and their mother lived about two miles from the village of Ballyporeen. / Aoileáin, Seán Ua h -- There is a tree about a mile outside Ballyporeen near the Grave yard of Templekenny. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- There was a man living in Mitchelstown about sixty years ago. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- In olden times it was a custom to make a cross of two old sticks and put a green ribbon of St Patrick's around it. / Gearailt, Pádraig Mac -- St Brigid's Eve / Ruiséal, Tomás -- Curious Legend / Bhál, Seán de -- Irish Places and Names / Fáthaigh, Proinnsias Ua / Donncha, Pádraig Ua -- Cures / Cíosóg, Fanacháin -- Tobairín Donn / Gearailt, Seán Mac -- Ghost Story / Ruiséal, Tomás -- True Story / Cíosóg, Fanacháin -- The Banshee / Riain, Seán Ua -- About three miles outside Ballyporeen is Kilcorroon there is a lios and John Barry cut down a tree and one of the best cows that he had in the herd died. / Briain, Séamus Ó -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, Michael O' -- Weather-Lore / Dahill, Timothy -- Weather-Lore / Donoghue, John O' -- Weather-Lore / Hennessey, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Noonan, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Daly, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Fitzgerald, John -- Weather-Lore / Ryan, John Joe -- Weather-Lore / Geary, Edward -- Weather-Lore / Lyons, Daniel -- Weather-Lore / Fitzgerald, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Sheehy, John -- Weather-Lore / Gorman, Daniel O' -- Weather Omens / Sheehy, John -- Weather Omens / Fitzgerald, Michael -- Weather Omens / Russell, Thomas -- Weather Omens / Geary, Edward -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, John O' -- Weather Omens / Dahill, Timothy -- Weather Omens / Fitzgerald, John -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Weather Omens / Daly, Patrick -- Weather Omens / Hennessey, Patrick -- Farm Animals / Lyons, Daniel -- Weather Omens / Donoghue, Michael O'
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.