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My Home District

Abstract: Story collected by Helen Cooney, a student at Carpenterstown (Templefanum) school (Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath) from informant Patrick Cooney.

Original reference: 0722/2/1

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My Home District [duchas:4979316]

I live in the district of Carpenterstown in the parish and barony of Fore, in the county of Westmeath. The nearest post town is Castlepollard. There are about twelve families living in the townland. There are about fifty eight people living in it. Dobson is the family name most common. There is only one thatched house in the district; the rest are slated and are two storey high. Eight of these are labourers cottages.

The old name of Carpentertown was Templefanum. According to local tradition there were  carpenters working in the district which accounts for its name being changed to Carpenterstown. It is said these carpenters used to gather together in a field near my home and make furniture for the monks, in Fore. The saw-pit and shaft were there to be seen when my father, Patrick Cooney, was young.

There is one old man over seventy in the district his name is Patrick Fagan. He does not know Irish and does not tell stories.

Houses were more numerous in the district in former times. There are the the ruins of about ten to be seen at the present time. The people did not emigrate from my district

My Home District [duchas:4979317]

to America. The people died out of them and when no one lived in them they gradually fell into ruin. The town land is not mentioned in any song or saying.

The land of the district is good and very productive. There is no wood in the district except some small plantations. There are several small streams running through the district but they are of no great importance. There is only one small lake called Lough Glore bordering on the district. I never heard any story connected with these streams or with the Lake.

Written by

Helen Cooney,
Carpenterstown,
Castlepollard,
Co. Westmeath

Told to me by 

Patrick Cooney
Carpenterstown
Age 50 yrs
Castlepollard

Origin information
Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 102-103
Volume 0722
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mary Smyth.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
local legends   linked data (afset)
Local lore, place-lore--Seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas
Informant location
CarpenterstownCarpenterstownSt. Feighin'sForeWestmeath
Story location
CarpenterstownCarpenterstownSt. Feighin'sForeWestmeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5115477
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0722/2/1

Suggested credit
"My Home District"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5115477>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mary Smyth.
Funding
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.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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