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

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  1. Liosanna

    CBÉS 0083

    Joe Killarney, Michael Killarney

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  2. Crafts

    CBÉS 0083

    Malachy Tuohy, Michael Killarney

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  3. Crafts

    CBÉS 0083

    Michael Killarney, Mrs Maggie Killarney

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  4. The Tales that are Told in Killarney - How the Lakes Began

    CBÉS 0341

    Mrs O' Shea, Shelia O' Connell

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  5. Folklore - Song

    “The lakes of Killarney are dear to my heart”

    CBÉS 0344

    Mary C. Lehane, Mr Edmond Sexton

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  6. Song - The Lakes of Killarney

    CBÉS 0348

    James Noonan, Mary O Callaghan

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  7. The Lakes of Killarney

    CBÉS 0348

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  8. A Legend of Muckross Abbey Killarney

    CBÉS 0361

    J C Deady

    Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry

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    “Long ago an old man was coming home from Killarney when he was near Beaufort, he saw a man on the road...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “There is a house on the roadside within a mile of Killarney, where nobody ever spent a whole night without being attacked by the fairies and put out...”

    CBÉS 0440

    Mr M. O' Rourke, Sheila O' Rourke

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  11. (no title)

    “There was a boat lost in the Killarney Lake about 29 years ago.”

    CBÉS 0445

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  12. A Story about O'Donoghue of Killarney Lakes and O'Connor of the Moving Bog

    CBÉS 0451

    Daniel Collins, Daniel Crowley

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  13. (no title)

    “There is a townland known as Knockmanagh which is partly in Killarney Parish...”

    CBÉS 0454

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  14. Hedge-Schools in the Locality - Lissivigeen Killarney

    CBÉS 0454

    Patrick Sullivan

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    “About three miles from Killarney on the railway line to Cork; the fence on both sides of the railway is not level...”

    CBÉS 0455

    Con Horgan

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    “There are many wild animals in Killarney such as the fox, the deer, the stag, and a few others.”

    CBÉS 0455

    Jeremiah Brady

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  17. St Brigid in Killarney

    CBÉS 0455

    Eibhlín Ní Chlúmháin, Máiréad Níc Suibhne

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  18. Killarney Place Names

    CBÉS 0455

    An tAthair Seán Ua Coinnleán, Brighid Ní Fhlainn

    Killarney, Co. Kerry

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  19. Killarney Roads

    CBÉS 0455

    Donncadha Mac Cárthaig, Máire Ní Cárthaig

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  20. The Well Station in Killarney

    CBÉS 0455

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