National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project

706,039 manuscript pages, 13,396 photographs and 267 hours of audio are available here

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    An index of folktales in the National Folklore Collection.

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Get a deeper insight into the folklore of Ireland by transcribing material from the Collection. Items from The Schools' Collection and the Main Manuscript Collection are now available for transcription.

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Collections

  • The Main Manuscript Collection

    This collection includes every aspect of the Irish oral tradition.

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  • The Schools’ Collection

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

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  • The Photographic Collection

    The photographs in this collection reveal many aspects of Irish life and culture over the past century or more.

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  • The Audio Collection

    The recordings in this collection describe all aspects of Irish folklore and tradition.

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Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann

The folklore of Árainn collected by islanders

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Resources

  • Information Resources

    Find publications and other reference materials relating to the collections on this website.

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  • Irish Surname Index

    This is a collection of surnames that developed from the work of the Irish Folklore Commission. Find alternate spellings of Irish surnames.

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  • Editor's Pick

    See items of particular interest selected by the dúchas.ie editorial team from the collections on the website.

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