The Tipperary Antiquarian

I found this reference from the Irish Tourism Board's report on Templederry dating to the 1940s. Thanks to Tipperary Studies for having these valuable sources of history and folklore scanned. They are available to download here . "The Ravens Rock, situated 100 yards from Poul Na Nas Waterfall in the direction of Ormond Stile; and between road and river, bear the alleged imprints of the two fore feet of an ass which jumped from Long John's Hill over Cooneen Hill to land here". Often folklore can reveal previously unrecorded archaeological monuments. Last summer I tried to find the rock with the help of Tom Bán of Wovenworld Woodcraft . I didn't know what to expect down in this glen so Tom was kind enough to provide back-up. We entered the glen of the Nenagh River near Longjohnshill and worked our way along the bottom of the glen by Ravens Rock and going downstream found Poul an Ass waterfall. I thought that the footprints would be near ...

An interesting story I came across in the Irish Schools Manuscripts is one relating to a Fairy funeral making its away over the Maherslieve Mountain (below) near Kilcommon in North Tipp as follows: "On the 3rd April 1931 a funeral was seen crossing the side of a high hill called Moher Cle, situated in the parish of Templederry about ten miles from Nenagh. That same evening Mrs. Burke of Coumnagella was dead. The funeral which consisted of white horses & common cars commenced ... in Coumnagella and after passing over the side of Moher Cle disappeared at Bray's Lough. There were about 50 cars all together and in some cases the drivers of the cars could be seen whipping the horses. The evening was clear & bright & the time about 7 o'clock." http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922143/4856170/5015385 What got me thinking about this story again was a blog article on facebook linking this to a phenomena called Charles Bonnet Syndrome. I'm not convinced...