DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5162124
title: Killurney, Cluain Meala

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Killurney, Cluain Meala (school) (Killurney, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Máire de Brún.
description: Cure for Chilblains -- Hidden Treasure - The Tin Ware Lass -- Carragáns / Coffey, Mary -- Long ago a man was in hiding up on the hill (Slievenamon)... / Hickey, Mary -- In a field near where I live a major dwelt about a hundred years ago, ... / Harvey, Delia -- Once upon a time a man from the hill stole a bag of sovereigns. ... / Hickey, Joseph -- Long ago there lived an old... / Hickey, Joseph -- Once upon a time there were two men called Big Jack and Little Jack... / Cahill, Biddy -- I ran twenty miles with my two shin bones... / Hickey, Joseph -- Q. The man that made it did not want it, ... -- At the time the British soldiers were in occupation in Clonmel... -- A big fall of snow fell about sixty years ago. ... / Brien, P. O' -- About 40 years ago there was a great storm. ... / Brien, P. O' -- About sixty years ago there was a man who went by the name of Pat the fiddler. ... -- Paddy St John of Killurney was a great hurler in his day, ... -- Three men started a game of cards at a neighbours house... -- About 70 years ago there was a school at Gibbs in Killurney. ... -- About eighty years ago there was a school in Coolonan which was attended by about 40 pupils. ... -- A hundred and fifty years ago there was an old pond on the Stage Pond in "Useless Land"... -- Long ago there was a castle in Delany's moat in Ballyboe. ... -- Kiltinan Castle / Coffey, Mary -- About fifty years ago several men were playing cards in a house. ... / Cahill, Biddy -- Once upon a time there lived a great King who knew a great deal about plants animals and birds. ... / Tobin, Eddie -- A wealthy old woman was once dying an being bothered about her gold... / Daly, Johanna -- Once upon a time there lived in this townland a poor shepard. ... / Coffey, Mary -- Once upon a time a man was working at the shooting lodge... / Brien, Peggy O -- Signs of the Weather -- Pishogues -- When you see a new moon through a glass for the first time... -- Cures -- Dandelions would cure warts. ... -- A Dockroot cures the sting of a nettle. ... / Harvey, Anne -- To put down a match into the ground to-day and take it up... / Harvey, Delia -- The dock root will cure farsey in horses. ... -- Major's Field -- Hill Car -- To Make Touche / Harvey, Delia -- Making Candles -- Mass Path / Brien, Peggy -- Boher Mór Robbers -- The Bothar Mór Road was going through where Gibb's garden is now. ... / Cahill, William -- Long ago where the school is now was called Coady's Haggard. ... -- Games / Harvey, Anne -- Games - Here We Come Gathering Nuts in May / Harvey, Delia -- Games - Frog in the Middle / Brien, Peggy -- Games - Jenny Jo / Meehan, Josie -- Games - How Many Miles? / Hickey, Peggy -- Games - Skittles / Hickey, Joseph -- List of Local Place Names -- Mahers / Coffey, Mary -- Kit Gorman's / Coffey, Mary -- Eviction -- Story / Cahill, Thomas -- Quarry / Coffey, Mary -- Cows -- Eggs -- Old Times -- Pipes -- Killurney Stream -- "Good night my neighbours... -- A man named Madden was shot in Killurney wood some years ago. ... -- Weeds -- Digging Potatoes
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.