Eyrecourt

Eyrecourt

SCHOOL: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí) | ADDRESS: Eyrecourt, Co. Galway Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland About sixty years ago Eyrecourt was well populated. To-day, the many old ruins of houses to be seen in the village show this. Some of these have been built up...
The Banshee

The Banshee

SCHOOL: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí) | ADDRESS: Eyrecourt, Co. Galway The Irish Banshee Joe Kelly is alive – not an old man and met with the Banshee. As stated Dooras is about a mile or so from Eyrecourt. Joe Kelly told the following story – an...
The Balloon Field – Feamore

The Balloon Field – Feamore

SCHOOL: An Faithche | ADDRESS: Feamore, Fahy, Co. Galway The Dance Of The Fairies There is a field called Balloons about a quarter of a mile east of my house. Mr. Carr owns it now; it contains eighteen acres of good land while it is usually used as a meadow. There is...
Jack the robber

Jack the robber

SCHOOL: Breac-chluain | ADDRESS: Brackloon, Co. Galway Jack The Rouge A poor old man lived on the edge of a demesne in a little hut with his son, Jack. Jack was a great rogue and was known by the name of ‘Jack the Robber’. The gentleman who lived on the...