The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Knockfearbréag

    CBÉS 0593

    Daniel Sweeney

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    The old name of the townland now called Newgrove, was Ballyslattery

    CBÉS 0593

    Catherine Mc Namara

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  3. Leacht na Marbh

    CBÉS 0593

    Martin Fahey

    Cuileannach, Co. an Chláir

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  4. Bothar na Corp

    CBÉS 0593

    Patrick Clooney

    Cluaine, Co. an Chláir

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  5. Tobar Ineen

    CBÉS 0593

    John Clune

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    Ennis was always famous for being the home of the Franciscans even in the far black olden days when famine and persecution reigned in Ireland

    CBÉS 0593

    Gerald O' Gready, Mrs O' Gready

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    I live in Lasanna which means the little forts the house is situated between two forts

    CBÉS 0593

    Joe Ireton

    Cill Bhaodáin, Co. an Chláir

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    There was a piece of land that was in dispute and a neighbout coveted it and pretended he owned it although he did not own it at all

    CBÉS 0593

    Anna Flannagan, Michael Clune

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    About a mile and a half from my home on the roadside to Ennis there is an ancient withered tree

    CBÉS 0593

    James Brohan, Philomena O' Gready

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    There is a wood near my house and it is called Derrymore Wood

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget Halloran

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    When Dromore House was repairing

    CBÉS 0593

    John Mc Cloud, Katherine Markham

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  12. Local Stories

    CBÉS 0593

    Frank O' Donoghue

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  13. Pollanamuck

    CBÉS 0593

    Michael Clune

    An Chraobhach Mhór, Co. an Chláir

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    The last friar of Quin Abbey was Friar Hogan.

    CBÉS 0593

    Michael Clune

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  15. Ballymaclune Well

    CBÉS 0593

    Michael Clune

    Baile Mhic Glúin Thiar, Co. an Chláir

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  16. May Eve Customs

    CBÉS 0593

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  17. Superstitions

    CBÉS 0593

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    A Landlord named Hall evicted a family from their farm in Clooney

    CBÉS 0593

    Catherine Markham

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  19. Cures

    CBÉS 0593

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  20. Duelling

    CBÉS 0593

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