DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769999
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: Once upon a time there lived an old man... / Seymour, Eilish -- There is a house not far from Roscrea. ... / Collier, Patrick -- One evening a little girl was going home from school. ... / Cole, Ita -- There was a man coming home from town. ... / Scully, Stephen -- I shall never forget the night myself and my comrade went to a wake... -- This was an old fellow named Dennie... -- Saturday's Moon -- John Breen found a key in his field... -- I often heard the Mrs talk about a little old man... -- Worm's Knot -- Saying Here: Paying back ... -- Johnny Carroll Shrahane & Ned Cordial were rambling... -- I shall never forget the day I was first... -- When the English were in Ireland there... / Collier, Patrick -- Fame Delour -- Cure for Toothache -- Long ago there lived a king. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Long ago there lived a Protestant man. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Once there was a man who had a house... -- Once there was a man. ... -- There was a rich farmer... / Lyons, Maggie -- There was a man one time... / Seymour, Irene -- One night a man was coming home from... / Choil, Ide Ní -- One day an old woman went to the door of a house. ... / Choil, Ide Ní -- Long ago there was a house... / Dooley, Teresa -- One a night a man was coming home... / Dooley, Teresa -- Once there was a doctor. ... / Dooley, Teresa -- Some years ago an old woman... -- I know a very stout rambler. ... -- Once there was a priest... / Dooley, John -- There was a rabbit trapper... / Dooley, John -- Jack Hooley was once going into the town. ... / Bergin, Joseph -- Once upon a time a man named Jack Hooley... / Bergin, Thomas -- One night a man was coming home from a fair... / Casey, Maggie -- One night a man was coming up by Longford. ... -- One night a man was coming from Mountrath. ... / Casey, Maggie -- One time a man was going home through... / Scully, Nora -- One night a man was going home... / Scully, Nora -- One time a man Jimmy Maher... / Scully, Nora -- There is an old Gentleman's estate by the name of... / Scully, Nora -- A man was going across the mountain... -- A man was going home from rambling and... -- Long long ago when the Danes were travelling... / Kilmartin, Jimmy -- In the Land League times... / Kilmartin, Jimmy -- Once upon a time when Rody Phelan of... / Kilmartin, Jimmy -- There is a light that comes up and down the road every night. ... / Kilmartin, James -- There was once a woman named Mrs Stanley who went to... / Kilmartin, Jimmie -- After Cromwell's war in Ireland... -- There was a copper pot found in... / Kilmartin, Jimmie -- One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... / Cól, Ide -- One evening a man was coming home from working. ... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was coming home from town. ... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was coming from working. ... / Cól, Ide -- There was once a man who used to stay up late at night. ... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was minding a sick cow... / Cól, Ide -- One night a man was in a house rambling. ... / Cól, Ide -- There was once a boy who was very wild. ... / Cól, Ide -- Once upon a time there was a man who had always a deck of cards... -- Once upon a time there was a Priest living in Camross Parish... -- Once upon a time a man was going home from rambling. ... / Ashe, Frank -- When St. Molua of Kyle died, the people got a coffin... / Ashe, F. -- When St. Molua of Kyle was a young man... / Ashe, F. -- Once a man was killed in Cranagh and after that... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time there was a man shot in Ballaghmore. ... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Caher. ... / Ashe, F. -- There is a house in Caher and there is a... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Windsor. ... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time there was a man coming home from Coolrain. ... -- Once upon a time a man was coming home from Coolrain. .... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time a man was ploughing near a wood... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time a man named Mr. Hyde was herding his cattle... / Ashe, F. -- Once there was a man living in Mount Salem. ... / Ashe, F. -- Once upon a time a lot of men were in a house playing cards. ... / Ashe, F. -- Long long ago there was a rath on Phelan's land... / Kilmartin, Joseph -- Once upon a time a crowd of men started to play cards. ... -- Long long ago there was an old Catholic Church in Brooklawn. ... -- Once upon a time a Protestant man went for a Priest... -- Once upon a time there was a lot of people waiting to kill a Priest. ... -- There was a man coming home from rambling one night. ... -- There were people living in Ireland named Despart. ... / Delaney, Seán -- One day a little girl was coming home from school. ... / Suomar, Cris. -- One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... / Saomar, Cris. -- Once upon a time a man was getting up early... / Ealuidhe, Máire Ní -- One night a woman was coming home late from the shop. ... / Ealuidhe, Máire Ní -- There was once a priest with two hounds... -- St. Augustine was always trying to solve the mystery of the Trinity. ... -- John Breen (72) was rambling at Tim Dooley's Derries on the night of... -- He was a great "bárrseach"... -- One time a mouse got into a brewery and once fell into a vat of beer. ... -- A Cock once up on a branch of a tree. ... -- A woman of Camross was once complaining that... -- The old Irish of Leix... -- One day a fly lit on a bulls' horn. ... -- Curds of milk and lime... -- I shall never forget the night I spent listening to three famed story tellers... -- Brave Boys of Upperwoods -- Work According to the Month on a Leix Farm -- Description of Con Delaney's Rosnaclonan -- Stock on Con Delaney's Farm / Delaney, John -- Stock on Jim Kilmartin - Derries - Camross -- Indoor List / Ashe, Frank -- Indoor List / Delaney, Agnes -- There is a thatched house in Ballinrally... / Delaney, Agnes -- Work on the Farm -- How Turf is Cut in Camross -- Description of Mrs Coady's House - Rosnaclonan -- Patsy Ryan Ballyvoneen Pallasgreen Co.Limerick was one day coming from Mass... -- There is a rath on Dick Phelan's land of Tourthane. ... / Finn, Tom -- Long long ago there was a chapel in Brooklawn. ... / Phelan, Joseph -- Long long ago there was a pot of gold in... / Maher, James -- Once upon a time a woman was living in... / Saomar, Chris -- One night a man was at a fair. ... / Saomar, Chris -- Once upon a time there lived a family on ground called the Fairies ground. ... / Cóil, Íde Ní -- One night a man was at a wake. ... / Saomar, Chris -- Once upon a time there lived a man. ... / Chóil, Ita Ní -- Once upon a time two men were coming home from rambling. ... / Coiléir, Labhrás -- Once upon a time there was a woman working in a shop. ... / Chóil, Ide Ní -- Once upon a time two people were living in Shrahane... / Dubhsláinghe, Seán Ó -- There was once a very rich lady who was blessed with... -- Pat O'Donnell / Ealuidhe, Máire Ní -- Once upon a time there lived a woman who had one daughter. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- One night a priest got a call to go to a man who was dying. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- At one time the fairs used to be very early in the morning. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- One night a man went to a dance. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- A few miles outside Roscrea there is a big house. ... / Dhubhshláinghe, Agnéis Ní -- One there lived a man whose brother was dead. ... / Seymour, Irene -- Once there lived three people in a house in Loughmore... / Chóil, Íde Ní -- There was once a man who was living by himself. ... / Chóil, Ide Ní -- Long ago there was a witch living somewhere... / Dooley, John -- Grissit / Dooley, John -- There was a man coming home from rambling... / Scolaighe, Pádraig Ó -- Obair an Fheirmeora i gCamros / Scully, Stáff -- One time there was a man going home late... / Scolaighe, Seán Ó -- One time there was a girl who was working in a great business shop. ... -- It is unlucky to cut your nails of a Friday or Sunday. ... -- Birds of feather flocks together. ... -- To dream of the dead is a sign of a letter from the living. ... -- Once there lived a man and he was married. ... / Dhonnchadha, Sorcha Ní -- A man found a pot of Gold in Garryduff... / Giolla Mháirtín, Sean Mac -- There were two brothers living together. ... -- Once when my Grandfather was working in... -- We have a hatchet at home. ... -- A long long time ago there was an old thatched house in Bacca. ... -- My father has a slane at home. ... -- Churn / Coiléir, Labhrás Ó -- Churn / Coiléir, Labhrás Ó -- Long ago there lived a saint in Kyle. ... / Delaney, Agnes -- One night a man was going home from rambling. ... / Scolaighe, Máire Ní -- Once upon a time a man was shot named Cally. ... / Cóil, Ite Ní -- Scythe / Dubhshláinge, Seán Ó -- Long ago there were people who lived at the end of the lane... / Leathaig, Mícheál Ó -- Long long ago there was a land League meeting in Borris-in-Ossory. ... / Mac Giolla Máirtín, S. -- One time there lived a miller. ... / Gealbháin, Tomás Ó -- Killeen -- Song / Seymour, Irene -- Rounders / Heffernan, P.J. -- Rounders - Played in County Limerick -- Game -- Game of Marbles -- There was once a girl who had a lot of money. ... -- One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... -- There was once a girl who had a lot of money. ... -- One night a man was coming home rambling. ... -- Once upon a time there lived two men in the mountain. ... -- One day a man was coming home from town. ... -- One night two girls were coming home from their grandmother's. ... -- One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... -- Two hundred and nine years ago... -- One night a priest got a sick call. ... -- Once there was a man coming home from a fair which was in Roscrea. ... -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Mundrehid. ... -- There was once a woman and her husband. ... -- There is a bridge near Hamiltons of Roundwood. ... -- One night there was woman coming home very late... -- One night a man was coming home from Killinure... -- Long long ago the people around used to go to the castle... / Kilmartin, J. -- In the County Tipperary there lived a priest who appealed to his... -- One Autumn evening years ago a person was walking around... -- A Lorry load of people came from Templemore to dig for gold at... / Kilmartin, Jim -- Song -- One night a man was going home from rambling. ... / Chóil, Idé Ní -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballaghmore. ... -- Stock on a Leix Farm -- Last Verse of Plains of Aghaboe -- When the cock crows three times... -- Plains of Aghaboe - Achadh Dá Bhó -- Brosna's Banks -- In Pratt's yard in Camross there is a... -- Signs of Storm -- There is more in your head than... -- Up here in the mountain... -- Toast
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.