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...
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...
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...
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...
SCHOOL: Scoil na mBráthar, Tuaim | ADDRESS:Tuam, Co. Galway Saint Brigid. Wedding Customs. The feast of Saint Brigid is celebrated on the first of Febuary. It is one of the biggest feasts held during the year in Ireland. There is a feast in every Catholic house on...
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