School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 607
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- The Place-Name of InniscarraIt can be stated without fear of correction that there is no country in the world more redolent in folk-lore than Ireland. Tales of prowess and victory, of famine and disaster of might men, giants and leprechauns, have been handed down to us from the most distant ages of the past. Some of these are so old that they have become like fairy stories, and sometimes it is very difficult to sort out the trains of truth that are hidden beneath so much fanciful matter, which was added on from time to time throughout the many centuries that have elapsed since the events took place. Folk-lore and legend of this description very naturally leave some trace in the names of places and districts. Sometimes, of course, the nature of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Masseytown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mary Walton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork
