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

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    “Killavullen National School is situated in the townland of Ballymacmoy parish of Monanimy and barony of Fermoy.”

    CBÉS 0370

    Killavullen, Co. Cork

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  2. The Bridge of Glenwillan

    CBÉS 0370

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    “In the townland of Ballincurrig is a bridge over the stream known as the Tucker's Brooks and this bridge is also called the Tucker's Bridge.”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Games still in use and otherwise outside hurling, football and handball are HopFrog, Duck on the Granny...”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Customs are going to sceilg, bonfire night, longest way round with corpses to the churchyards...”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Travelling poets - Eoghan Ruadh Ó Suilleabháin spent several seasons with the Nagles of this parish.”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Hedge-schools in the district were Monanimy and Ballincurrig.”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “King James II spent a night in Carrigacunna Castle with Sir Richard Nagle on his way from Kinsale to Dublin in 1689.”

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Gaelic words in use among the people are: lághach, óinseach, amadán, cábóg, scológ...”

    CBÉS 0370

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  10. Saint Branat's Well

    CBÉS 0370

    Mrs Edmond Buckley

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  11. The Bell of Killuragh

    CBÉS 0370

    Richard O Brien

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  12. Crann a hulla - The Sacred Tree of Clenor

    CBÉS 0370

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  13. The Nagle Family

    CBÉS 0370

    Richard O Brien

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  14. Sir Richard Nagle

    CBÉS 0370

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    “Pierce Nagle, a brother of Sir Richard was High Sheriff of Cork in 1668 and was the last Catholic to hold that office until after the Emancipation Act.”

    CBÉS 0370

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  16. Edmond Burke and His Connections with the Nagle Family and the Parish of Killavullen

    CBÉS 0370

    James Barrett

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  17. Edmund Spenser, the Poet and His Connections with the Nagle Family and the Parish of Killavullen

    CBÉS 0370

    Richard O Brien

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  18. Local Traditions Regarding Irish Poets

    CBÉS 0370

    Daniel Flynn

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    CBÉS 0370

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    “Herlihy is usually pronounced as...”

    CBÉS 0370

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