The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Local Place Names, Co. Roscommon - The Origin of Drumbloylan

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    Drumboylan, Co. Roscommon

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  2. Drimmitty Boniff

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    Margaret O' Brien

    Drumatybonniff, Co. Roscommon

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  3. Local Place Names - Battlenrodge

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    Battle Bridge, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon

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  4. Ballyfermoyle

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  5. The Mill Field - Páirc an Mhuilinn

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    Drumboylan, Co. Roscommon

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  6. Hidden Treasure

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    James Deane, Margaret O' Brien

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  7. A True Fairy Story

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    Margaret Gallagher, Mrs M. Gallagher

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  8. A Fairy Story

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  9. A Story

    A very long time ago it happened that there came a very hot Summer.

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    Patrick Holland

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  10. A Fairy Story

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    Agnes Gallagher, John Gallagher

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  11. A Story

    Once upon a time there lived two boys and one of them was very fond of rambling...

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    May Flynn

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  12. A Story

    Once upon a time there was a woman who had a son who was twelve years of age and he could not walk or talk.

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    Matthew Kenny

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  13. McCullock's Gap

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    John Crowley, Michael Crowley

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  14. Riddles

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  15. Riddles

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  16. Story - The Fairy Cow

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    Evelyn Beirne, John Crowley

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  17. Story

    On the road to Carrick-on-Shannon there is a field with a tunnel or underground passage leading to a large house.

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    Evelyn Byrne, John Crowley

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  18. An Old Song

    In a shady nook one moonlight night

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    John Eibhlin

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  19. An Old Story

    About seventy years ago a man was in a the habit of rising early on a Summer's morning...

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    Anges Gallagher, John Gallagher

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  20. The Spell of the Fairies

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    Evelyn Beirne

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