The Tipperary Antiquarian

Some folklore linking this  Portal Tomb near Ardcroney with St Patrick . Nenagh Guardian - 22-08-1936 About a mile to the east of Ardcroney in a district called Lough Fada (Loch Fada), which according to tradition, was visited by St. Patrick. The place was, as the name indicates, at one time covered with w ater, but it is now quite dry. The bed of the river, which drained the lake into the Shannon, can still be traced. Faint with hunger, the saint was one day, according to legend, passing the lake in which three men were engaged fishing. Though hard at work for hours they had caught no fish till a few minutes before St. Patrick's arrival. Explaining his plight to the fishermen, he asked them for some fish to relieve his hunger but they refused. He thereupon changed them into stones. Three large pillars of stone, each about six feet high and four feet wide, are still pointed out as confirming the truth of the legend. Druid's Altar As is the case in most legends, ...

There is a lot of interesting folklore associated with Lough Muskry and the Galtees. From http:// www.caitrionakennyphotograp hy.com/ " Lake Muskry was formerly known a Lough Beal Sead, ‘The Lake of the Jewel Mouth’, but it has also been identified as, ‘Loch Beal Dragan’, The Lake of the dragon’s mouth. Its present name, Lough Muskry comes from the Muscraighe sept that lived in the south of Ireland. The lake is said to have been formed on the spot where Cliach the harper stood for a year to serenade his beloved, the daughter (of) Bodhbh of Slievenamon. It is also mentioned in one of the Shannon legend stories where the ‘Ol Nag’ or great serpent was banished by St. Patrick from Connaught and confined to Lake Muskry ." Other folklore on the lake comes from duchas.ie http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5162130/5156627/5197489 "Loch Muskry is one of the four lakes on the Galtee mountains and there is a little story connected with it. It is said that Saint ...

This is one of Tipperary 's most iconic sites but not many probably know about its faery side. Professor Ronald Hicks has this to say "Síd Druim – "Síd ridge," more commonly known as the Rock of Cashel or St. Patrick's Rock, in County Tipperary . It became the royal seat of Munster, perhaps as early as the fifth century. The name is actually shared with a variety of other sites that we will visit later. There seems to be a dialect difference further north, where the name appears as Síd Truim in County Meath and as a whole cluster of Sheetrim townlands in counties Armagh (2), Fermanagh (1), and Monaghan (3)." The photo is taken from beside a standing stone in I think Corralough townland outside Cashel .