Nature: holy wells (Munster)
Ballysteen, Co. Clare
Michael J. Murphy Photographs
Michael J. Murphy (1913–1996) collected folklore throughout Ulster and Co. Louth. This Christmas, we have added 116 images from his camera to the Photographic Collection. Over 500 photographs taken by Michael J. Murphy are now available on dúchas.ie. View »
National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project
26,052 items from the Main Manuscript Collection, 252,771 stories from the Schools’ Collection (1937–38) and 12,393 images from the Photographic Collection are available here
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Naomh Bríd
Ringagonagh, Co. Waterford
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The Main Manuscript Collection
This collection includes every aspect of the Irish oral tradition. A sample selection of volumes is available at this time.
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A collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.
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