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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. Dunmanway - The Coxes - Site for Catholic Church

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Coffey, Seán Ó Cobhthaigh

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  2. Má Gun

    CBÉS 0310

    Séamus Ó Futhcheallaigh

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  3. Má Gun

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr Daniel Carey

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  4. Má Gun

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Hurley

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  5. The Prócadóir

    CBÉS 0310

    Seán Ó Cobhthaigh

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    “When the Gaorthadh Bridge was built they were caught...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr Dan Hurley, Mr Patrick Warren

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    “Father John Power was parish priest of Rosscarbery about one hundred years ago...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Bean Uí Chobhthaigh, Mrs Ellen Coffey

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    “The Duves were famous highway men who were born somewhere between the region of Ballineen and Bandon...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Donal O' Neill, Mr Pat O' Neill

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    “There were two of the "Dubh"s. Donnchadh Dubh an Dómhnall Dubh...”

    CBÉS 0310

    William Shorten

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    “The Beamishes lived in Kilmalooda. They owned a lot of property and the graveyard was in their land...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Coffey, Seán Ó Cobhthaigh

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    “When the landlords were in power they treated the tenant very cruelly...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Coffey

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    “There was a man by the name of OKeefe. He lived between Clonakilty and Rosscarbery...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Bean Uí Chobhthaigh

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  13. The Headless Huntsman

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr Pat O' Neill

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    “A long time ago there lived in a big Mansion a certain gentleman who was a terrible tyrant. And his Father who was dying was still worse...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr Jeremiah Coughlan, Seosef Ó h Aonghusa

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    “About 80 years ago when the Catholics we downtrodden. The parishioners would feel very happy if they would be able to have one priest Father Ned Mulcahy was a parish priest in Kilbritain at the time...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Coffey, Seán Ó Cobhthaigh

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  16. Máire Ghaolach

    CBÉS 0310

    Seán Ó Cobhthaigh

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    “About 180 years ago there lived in a small thatched house on the side of the road, between Cahervouler Cremary and Knocks school a woman named "Máire Gaolach"...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr P. Fehilly, Séamus Ó Feithcheallaigh

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  18. Beamish - Palaceanne

    CBÉS 0310

    Mr Dan Carey

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    “It was a priest that was in (Enniskean) Inis Céin that banished Captain Beamish. A lot of people saw the old Captain - after he had died...”

    CBÉS 0310

    William Shorten

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    “A woman named Mrs. Donovan of Knocknapogue near Ballinadee was coming home from Bandon very late one night, about fifty years ago...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Coffey

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