The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Ciaróga

    CBÉS 0022

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Pat Burke

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0022

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Pat Mc Donnell

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    There was a book written by an English writer called the haunted house by the Boyne this story was about a murder committed in a lonely house which the author of the story thinks to be along the Boyne out side the big bridge on the Marsh and which was sai

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mr Patrick Mc Donnell

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    In the year 1649 when Cromwell came to Ireland Drogheda was the first town to which he laid siege.

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mr Mc Donnell

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  5. (no title)

    Once upon a time there was a woman whose name was Harmon and who lived in Harmon's garden.

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mr Mc Donnell

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    Once upon a time there was a ship-wreck at Howth near Dublin and all the crew were drowned but one child who was tied to a raft and was washed ashore.

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mr Mc Donnell

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    There is a well near Dundalk named Lady-well.

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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