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The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0113

    Patrick Keegan, Teresa Keegan

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  2. A Local Hero

    CBÉS 0211

    John Ward, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  3. Father Tom Maguire and the Battle of Ardrum Hill

    CBÉS 0226

    Evelyn A. Gallagher, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  4. Bushel's Meadow

    CBÉS 0226

    Evelyn A. Gallagher, Patrick Keegan

    Corduff, Co. Leitrim

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  5. Folklore - Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Evelyn A. Gallagher, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  6. Lady Hynes

    CBÉS 0226

    Evelyn A. Gallagher, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  7. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0226

    Evelyn A. Gallagher, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  8. The Fairy Doctor

    CBÉS 0692

    Letty Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

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    “There once lived in a place called Ballasport a man named Pigott.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Letty Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

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    “About a hundred years ago there lived down beside Clondalee Bog a farmer names John Hevey.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  12. Old Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath

    Transcript

  13. Local Tramps

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  14. Map Showing Shighe Asail in the Barony of Moyfenrath

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  15. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  16. Local Songs

    “Come you true sons of Erin that want a repose”

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  17. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 0693

    Barney Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  18. Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0733

    John Joe Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  19. Local Football and Hurling Matches

    CBÉS 0733

    John Joe Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Transcript

  20. My Home District

    CBÉS 0733

    John Joe Keegan, Patrick Keegan

    Lurrig, Co. Westmeath

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