The Schools’ Collection

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

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    Many years ago a man named Trench lived in Langort Park house in the parish of Shinrone.

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    Kathleen Kennedy

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  2. Hidden Treasure

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    Dan Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy

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  3. The Leprechaun

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    Margaret Kennedy

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  4. The Seven Yew Trees

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    Lily Egan, Margaret Egan

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  5. Lismacrory House

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    Kitty Murphy

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  6. A Mass Path

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    Frances Egan, Tom Deegan

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  7. A Ghost Story

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    Murphy, Rose Murphy

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  8. A Mass Rock

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    Anna M. Mc Loughlin, Pat Mc Loughlin

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  9. A Mass Bush

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    Anna M. Mc Loughlin, Mr Mc Loughlin

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  10. Taking Butter

    CBÉS 0532

    Anna M. Mc Loughlin, Mr Mc Loughlin

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  11. Taking Butter

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    Mr Kennedy, Sean Kennedy

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  12. A Mass Bush

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    Maggie Minogue

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  13. A Ghost Story

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    Peggy Wilde, Philip Wilde

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  14. Hidden Treasure

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    Jimmy Phelan, Mrs Phelan

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  15. A Windmill

    CBÉS 0532

    Anna M. Mc Loughlin

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  16. A Miraculous Cure

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    Dan Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy

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    After the famine in 1846 and 1847 there were 52 families evicted in Cille Cunnigan Mór in the parish of Shinrone by Charles Trench.

    CBÉS 0532

    Anna M. Mc Loughlin

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  18. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0532

    Anna M. Mc Loughlin

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  19. A Fort

    CBÉS 0532

    Maggie Minogue

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  20. Taking Butter

    CBÉS 0532

    Kathleen Kennedy

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