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“During the reign of Queen Elizabeth there lived in Glencar a very wealthy man named Owen Cooney.”
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Pat Mac Cann
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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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“One evening Mrs John Gordon was passing the fort that is situated by her house in the townland of Towneymachugh...”
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Brian Kerrigan, John P. Kerrigan
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“One night sixty nine years ago a man named Owen Rooney was going home from ceilidhing in Willy Mac Cann's (Gurteen, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim).”
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Brian Kerrigan, John P. Kerrigan
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“One evening Lord Leitrim came upon a man and his wife coming home from town and they loaded with parcels of every shape and size.”
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Brian Kerrigan, John P. Kerrigan
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“Teampaill' is a large cave or hole in Gurteen, Manorhamilton.”
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Brian Kerrigan, John P. Kerrigan
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“Long, long ago when witchery and magic were common in Ireland a man, wife and their family were living in their house.”
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Brian Kerrigan, John P. Kerrigan
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“Once upon a time a little fairy woman came into a house and asked a little piece of butter.”
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Mrs Pat Mac Cann
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“One time a poor farmer named James had two sons who never knew anything.”
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Joseph Eames
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“One time a man met a girl on the side of the road and she was crying.”
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Mrs Rooney
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“One day a man went to put a bush in a gap.”
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Mrs Rooney
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“One winter's night a crowd of young men were playing cards and róging each other.”
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Mrs Rooney
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“Once upon a time there was a rich farmer named John Kelly.”
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Pat Mac Cann
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“The 'gobhan saor' wanted to get his son married and to get a good wife for him...”
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Mrs O' Connor, Seán Mac Ternan
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“Long ago there was a man called Luke Flynn living in Drumahon, Gurteen P.O., Manorhamilton where Bernard O'Rourke now lives.”
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Michael Mac Ternan
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“There was a priest in Glencar one time called Father Pat Traynor and one day he had to attend a sick call over near the 'Protestant town.”
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Teresa Mac Ternan
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“There was a man called William Martin living in Banagher, Leacán P.O., Five Mile Bourne, The Manor, County Leitrim one time.”
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Teresa Mac Ternan
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“The fore-mentioned William Martin had a net for catching fish and a double barrel pistol.”
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Teresa Mac Ternan
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“Long ago the Protestant town, Glencar, Sligo, was inhabited by Protestants only.”
CBÉS 0189
Michael James Clancy
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“Long ago the young men of Glencar used to gamble in William Mac Cann's, Gurteen, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim every night.”
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Michael James Clancy
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“Years ago in the old enchanted times all sorts of ghosts and goblins were supposed to reside about Teampaill.”
CBÉS 0189
Michael James Clancy
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