The Schools’ Collection

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

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    It is believed that there is an underground tunnel...

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    Many hundred years ago there was a well at the foot of the hill...

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    There is a large stone at a place near Drogheda...

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    There is a quarry near Killineer...

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    There is a legend told of a lone bush...

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    A new quarry was opened in Killineer...

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    There is a bridge at "Bárr-a-Shúil"...

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    Townley Hall is a townland about four miles from Drogheda...

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    Townleyhall, Co. Louth

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    Another legend of Townley Hall is of a ghost...

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    Townleyhall, Co. Louth

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    Many hundred years ago, there lived a schoolmaster...

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    On the hill of Coolfore, which is in the parish of Mellifont, can still be seen...

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    Mellifont, Co. Louth

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    There is an estate in the county of Louth...

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    Mellifont, Co. Louth

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    There is a legend told of a well at Glassallen, near Mellifont...

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    There is a certain moss growing on the top of Fieldstown Chapel...

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    About 50 years ago, three men...

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    On the grounds of Slane castle are the ruins of...

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    There is a graveyard called the Leck graveyard...

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    An old lady, named Mrs Smyth, who lived in Allen's Grove...

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    In a district named Hilltown, which is about four miles from Drogheda...

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    During the old fair days of Drogheda...

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