DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922277
title: Tankerstown

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tankerstown (school) (Tankerstown, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Thom. F. Meagher.
description: Tobar Naomháin / Scott, Annie -- Near William Peter's gate not far from Tankerstown School a strange animal has appeared to many from time to time. / Ryan, Mary -- Weaving / Kennedy, Lily -- Gold in Grallagh / Peters, Thomas -- Mass Rock / Duggan, Mary -- Piseoga / Maxey, Alice -- Old Schools / Dalton, Joe -- Kilmoyler Green / Peters, James -- Townland in Which I Live / Heffernan, James -- Under a tree in the yard of Ballydavid Wood House and un-baptised child was buried. / Cavanagh, Mary -- Cures for Warts / Ryan, Ellen -- Local Forge / D'arcy, Patrick -- Names of Places on the Galtees near my House. / Cavanagh, Ned -- Athassal Abbey / Ryan, Dermot -- About a mile and a half from my home in the barony of Clanwilliam and in the townland of Toureen underneath the shadow of the Galtee mountains lies the well, cell and ruined chapel of St Pecán. / Scott, Annie -- Cappagh Castle / Brien, Ned O' -- I got these cures from various people. / Maxey, Alice -- A Famous Athletic Local Family / Ryan, Mary -- Cures - Sníomh na Péiste / Maxey, Alice -- About a half a mile from me the remains of a very old church are still to be seen. / Kennedy, Mary -- Eel Weir / Mullaney, Evelyn -- Cures / Ryan, Mary -- Marriage Feasts / Maxey, Alice -- Main Road / Dalton, Liam -- Cures / Duggan, Mary -- Making of Lisgibbon Road / Heffernan, James -- Long ago there was a thick population here in Cappagh, work was very laborious tilling the land with wooden implements, the ford was very poor also. / Maxey, Alice -- Famous Man / Ryan, Ellen -- The Landlord of the Townland. / Dalton, Joe -- Riddles / Dwyer, Michael -- Long ago it was the custom when people died to wake them for two days and have a funeral the third day. / Maxey, Alice -- A Daring Feat of Horsemanship / Peters, James -- The hanging of three men. Shortly before the Rising of 1798, when the United Irish were collecting arms in all parts of the country, a raid for a gun was made on a house which was situated on the Old road of Cappagh on the east of Marnanes's Boreen. / Dalton, Joe -- Mountain Cars / Cavanagh, Ned -- Signs of Weather / Peters, James -- Fire / Heffernan, James -- My Townland / Cavanagh, Mary -- Taking of Ballydavid Barracks / D'arcy, Patrick -- Hurling / Kennedy, Lily -- Cures / Peters, Thomas -- Curraghina Moat / Ryan, Ellen -- Curraghina Moat / Scott, Annie -- My Townland / Kennedy, Mary -- Over forty years ago, a great epidemic of typhoid fever broke out around here. / Maxey, Alice -- Ghost Train of Cappagh / Dalton, Joe -- Kilaldriff Church / Peters, James -- Mr Maguire: Landlord / Brien, Ned O' -- Snow Storm / Kennedy, Lily -- Planting of Potatoes / Peters, James -- Through the wintry we find people living in caravans; these people we call Gypsies. / Scott, Annie -- Ghost Train / Ryan, Mary -- St Martin's Night / Ryan, Mary -- Tankerstown / Peters, James -- In my home butter is still made by my Mother. / Ryan, Mary -- Cow Tyings / Peters, Thomas -- Fair Customs / Dwyer, Michael -- In the old days when the corn was ready to be threshed the farmer hired a horse power machine and all the neighbours came in and helped; at least twelve men were wanted to do this work. / Maxey, Alice -- Ghost Story / Ryan, Ellen -- Story of the Famine Years / Kennedy, Lily -- Whorts (Fraocháin) / Maxey, Alice -- Jack o' the Lantern / Ryan, Mary -- Two boys went out darkfowling one dark night; in the course of their travels they went into a fort which was thickly covered with bushies. / Maxey, Alice -- Food in Olden Times / Kennedy, Lily -- Mud Houses / Kennedy, Mary -- Homemade Candles and Lamps / Kennedy, Lily -- Famous Horseracing Family / Peters, James -- Without title -- Tobar Naomháin / Scott, Annie -- Near William Peter's gate not far from Tankerstown School a strange animal has appeared to many from time to time. / Ryan, Mary -- Weaving / Kennedy, Lily -- Gold in Grallagh / Peters, Thomas -- Mass Rock / Duggan, Mary -- Piseoga / Maxey, Alice -- Old Schools / Dalton, Joe -- Kilmoyler Green / Peters, James -- Townland in Which I Live / Heffernan, James -- Under a tree in the yard of Ballydavid Wood House and un-baptised child was buried. / Cavanagh, Mary -- Cures for Warts / Ryan, Ellen -- Local Forge / D'arcy, Patrick -- Names of Places on the Galtees near my House. / Cavanagh, Ned -- Athassal Abbey / Ryan, Dermot -- About a mile and a half from my home in the barony of Clanwilliam and in the townland of Toureen underneath the shadow of the Galtee mountains lies the well, cell and ruined chapel of St Pecán. / Scott, Annie -- Cappagh Castle / Brien, Ned O' -- I got these cures from various people. / Maxey, Alice -- A Famous Athletic Local Family / Ryan, Mary -- Cures - Sníomh na Péiste / Maxey, Alice -- About a half a mile from me the remains of a very old church are still to be seen. / Kennedy, Mary -- Eel Weir / Mullaney, Evelyn -- Cures / Ryan, Mary -- Marriage Feasts / Maxey, Alice -- Main Road / Dalton, Liam -- Cures / Duggan, Mary -- Making of Lisgibbon Road / Heffernan, James -- Long ago there was a thick population here in Cappagh, work was very laborious tilling the land with wooden implements, the ford was very poor also. / Maxey, Alice -- Famous Man / Ryan, Ellen -- The Landlord of the Townland. / Dalton, Joe -- Riddles / Dwyer, Michael -- Long ago it was the custom when people died to wake them for two days and have a funeral the third day. / Maxey, Alice -- A Daring Feat of Horsemanship / Peters, James -- The hanging of three men. Shortly before the Rising of 1798, when the United Irish were collecting arms in all parts of the country, a raid for a gun was made on a house which was situated on the Old road of Cappagh on the east of Marnanes's Boreen. / Dalton, Joe -- Mountain Cars / Cavanagh, Ned -- Signs of Weather / Peters, James -- Fire / Heffernan, James -- My Townland / Cavanagh, Mary -- Taking of Ballydavid Barracks / D'arcy, Patrick -- Hurling / Kennedy, Lily -- Cures / Peters, Thomas -- Curraghina Moat / Ryan, Ellen -- Curraghina Moat / Scott, Annie -- My Townland / Kennedy, Mary -- Over forty years ago, a great epidemic of typhoid fever broke out around here. / Maxey, Alice -- Ghost Train of Cappagh / Dalton, Joe -- Kilaldriff Church / Peters, James -- Mr Maguire: Landlord / Brien, Ned O' -- Snow Storm / Kennedy, Lily -- Planting of Potatoes / Peters, James -- Through the wintry we find people living in caravans; these people we call Gypsies. / Scott, Annie -- Ghost Train / Ryan, Mary -- St Martin's Night / Ryan, Mary -- Tankerstown / Peters, James -- In my home butter is still made by my Mother. / Ryan, Mary -- Cow Tyings / Peters, Thomas -- Fair Customs / Dwyer, Michael -- In the old days when the corn was ready to be threshed the farmer hired a horse power machine and all the neighbours came in and helped; at least twelve men were wanted to do this work. / Maxey, Alice -- Ghost Story / Ryan, Ellen -- Story of the Famine Years / Kennedy, Lily -- Whorts (Fraocháin) / Maxey, Alice -- Jack o' the Lantern / Ryan, Mary -- Two boys went out darkfowling one dark night; in the course of their travels they went into a fort which was thickly covered with bushies. / Maxey, Alice -- Food in Olden Times / Kennedy, Lily -- Mud Houses / Kennedy, Mary -- Homemade Candles and Lamps / Kennedy, Lily -- Famous Horseracing Family / Peters, James -- Without title
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.