The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Derby Red Beard's Castle in the Land of Nowhere

    CBÉS 0442

    Dómhnall Ó Tiodhcháin

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  2. Speed-Well, Hark-Well and Heavy-Sides

    CBÉS 0442

    Dómhnall Tiodhcháin

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  3. The Feast at Cahercunrigh

    CBÉS 0442

    Dómhnall Ó Tiodhcháin

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  4. The Devil's Hollow

    CBÉS 0442

    William Evans

    Ballyard, Co. Kerry

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  5. A Woman who Was Taken away by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0442

    Bean Uí Chéirín, Nellie Doyle, Nóra Ní Shuilleabháin

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  6. The Palatine's Daughter

    CBÉS 0442

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  7. The Shoeing Stone in the Mis Mountain

    CBÉS 0442

    Slieve Mish Mountains, Co. Kerry

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  8. Sean and Shiovan

    CBÉS 0442

    Dómhnall Ó Tiodhcháin

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  9. The Young Smith of the Tricks

    CBÉS 0442

    Nellie Doyle, Nóra Ní Shuilleabháin

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  10. The Ghost of Gleannscoheen

    CBÉS 0442

    Thomas Higgins

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  11. The Greedy Girl

    CBÉS 0442

    Denis Sugrue, Joan Sugrue

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  12. How a Widow Heard the News of Her Son's Death

    CBÉS 0442

    Thomas Higgins

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  13. The Maidens from the Fort

    CBÉS 0442

    Thomas Higgins

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  14. Jack and the Sheaf of Oats

    CBÉS 0442

    Dómhnall Ó Tiodhcháin, Maggie Teahan

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  15. The White Dog of the Valley

    CBÉS 0442

    Nellie Doyle, Nóra Ní Shuilleabháin

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  16. The Fort at Ballyard

    CBÉS 0442

    Thomas Higgins

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  17. Gallows Green

    CBÉS 0442

    William Evans

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  18. The Man with the Hump

    CBÉS 0442

    Ed Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  19. The Story of a King

    CBÉS 0442

    Abbie Dearhan, Dómhnall Ó Tiodhcháin

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  20. The Steed of Bells

    CBÉS 0442

    Han Brosnan, William Brosnan

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