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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. Scéal

    CBÉS 0127

    John Loftus

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  2. Scéal

    “Bhí bean ann fad'ó agus ní raibh aici ach aon inghean amháin agus bhí beirt bhuachaillí ag feitheamh uirri le n-a pósadh.”

    CBÉS 0131

    Micheál Ó Conghaile, Seán Ó Conghaile

  3. Béaloideas - Scéal Grinn - Cuileog i Mála

    CBÉS 0134

    Máire Nic Oireachtaigh

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  4. Ag Tabhú Céile

    CBÉS 0141

    Áine Ni Giolla Riogh, Micheál Breathnach

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  5. The Forgotten Lord

    CBÉS 0147

    Aidan Hennigan, John Casey

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  6. Lord Benbo

    CBÉS 0155

    Patrick Feeney, Tomás Ó Cíaráin

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  7. Scéal - Lord Thorney's Son

    CBÉS 0164

    Mr Michael Mc Guiness

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  8. Scéal

    CBÉS 0170

    Caitlín Ní Giollaruaidh

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  9. Scéal

    CBÉS 0173

    Alice Boland, John Ginty

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  10. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0178

    James Gallagher, Patrick Gallagher

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  11. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0187

    Sarah Davey, Thomas Scanlon

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  12. (no title)

    “Long ago there was a man and his son living at the back of Benbo, a mountain overlooking Glencar.”

    CBÉS 0189

    Mrs Mary Connolly

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  13. A Story

    CBÉS 0190

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  14. The Lord of Benbo

    CBÉS 0201

    John O' Neill, Mrs O' Neill

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  15. Story

    CBÉS 0202

    Eileen O' Rourke, Joseph Boles

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  16. The Lord of Benbo

    CBÉS 0202

    Máire A. Nic Samhráin

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  17. A Story

    CBÉS 0203

    Francis Mc Gloin, Gertie Mc Gloin

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  18. A King

    CBÉS 0241

    Joe Giblin, Mick Giblin

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    “There was once a man named Joe Keenan who lived in a bog called Dooneen Creeve...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Thomas Gormley

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    “Tá cnoc inaice le Béal-an-Dá-Cab i ndeisceart Corcaighe agus céad blian ó shoin nó mar sin, do chómhnuig fear bocht i mbotháinín inaice carraige ar thaobh an chnuic.”

    CBÉS 0282

    Séamus Mac Coitir

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