The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. An Old Story

    Once upon a time there lived a farmer near the town of Ardfert.

    CBÉS 0407D

    Cáit Ní Dhuilleáin, John Dillon

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  2. (no title)

    Some years ago my father- Thomas Laelor- and Patsy Carroll Lerrig were returning from Ardfert between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock.

    CBÉS 0412

    Maura Lawlor, Thomas Lawlor

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  3. (no title)

    Long ago there lived a man who would now be 115 years if he lived named Denny Nolan near the Demense in Ardfert.

    CBÉS 0412

    John Ryall, Patrick J. Ryall

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  4. Local Heroes

    There was a Mrs O'Sullivan in Lerrig in Ardfert district some years ago and she had a daughter four years old who had a very sore leg.

    CBÉS 0412

    Joe Nolan, Mrs O' Connor, Thomas Lawlor

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  5. The Crosbies, Ardfert

    CBÉS 0438

    Mr Michael Mc Carthy, Nioclás Ó Connaill

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  6. Church at Ardfert

    CBÉS 0438

    Michael Brathnach

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  7. A Fort near Ardfert

    CBÉS 0442

    Ed Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  8. Lady Dowager's Tomb in Ardfert

    CBÉS 0442

    Ed Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  9. St Brendan's Church of Ardfert

    CBÉS 0442

    Mrs Dan Mc Mahon

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  10. The Lady Dowager of Ardfert

    CBÉS 0442

    Tom Healy

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  11. Old Schools - The Tubrid (Ardfert) and Listellick Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0442

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  12. In the Penal Times - The Lady Dowager of Ardfert in The Penal Times

    CBÉS 0442

    Michael Dillane

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  13. Ardfert

    CBÉS 0447

    Annie Walshe, Mrs Callaghan

    Ardfert Cathedral, Co. Kerry

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  14. Ardfert Castle

    CBÉS 0447

    Annie Walsh, Mrs Keefe

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