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The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. An Evil Spirit

    CBÉS 0461

    Mary O' Callaghan

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  2. The Valley of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  3. Story

    “The Valley of the Black Pig in County Fermanagh gots its name thus.”

    CBÉS 1096

    James Mc Menemin, Mary O' Callaghan

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  4. Story

    “Some distance outside of Stranorlar there was a bog with a well in the centre of it.”

    CBÉS 1096

    M. Bradley, Mary O' Callaghan

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  5. Story

    “Long ago there was a stone wall round Dunwiley fort.”

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  6. The Giant

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  7. Story

    “When the Stranorlar Donegal Railway was being constructed the workmen found a chalice.”

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  8. Cloch Rua

    CBÉS 1096

    Mary O' Callaghan, Peter Bradley

    Cloghroe, Co. Donegal

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  9. Folklore

    “There lives at Gortletragh a family call Darnins who have in their possession a bush which the say is 'gentle'.”

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  10. Story

    “One night I went to Letterkenny with a priest named Father Walker.”

    CBÉS 1096

    James Mc Menamin, Mary O' Callaghan

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  11. The Murder Hole

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

    Gortletteragh, Co. Donegal

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  12. Dunwiley Fort

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  13. Dunwiley Fort

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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  14. The Red Candle

    CBÉS 1096

    Mary O' Callaghan, Peter Bradley

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  15. Folklore

    “There was once a man called John Bonner who worked in Drumboe Castle long ago.”

    CBÉS 1096

    M. Bradley, Mary O' Callaghan

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  16. Folklore

    “One day a man was out hunting with a hound.”

    CBÉS 1096

    Francis O' Callaghan, Mary O' Callaghan

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