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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. Donnchach Domhnaill

    CBÉS 0061

    Colm Ó Cúláin, Lochlainn Ó Cúláin

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0065

    Kathleen Joyce, Mrs Callaghan

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  3. Scéal

    CBÉS 0080

    Padhraig Ó h Éanacháin, R. O' Connell

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  4. Control and Bought Sense

    CBÉS 0439

    Mícheál Ó Mainín

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  5. (no title)

    “There was a man coming from a funeral one night and it was dark.”

    CBÉS 0460

    Tom Donoghue

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  6. Scéal - Dómhnall Ó Corcoráin

    CBÉS 0474

    Máirín Phádraig Uí Dhála, Muiris Ó Connaill

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  7. An Gabha agus an Gasúr

    CBÉS 1065

    Searlus Ó Dubhthaigh

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