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“There is an old story told about Kilcarroll graveyard.”
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John O' Brien
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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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“There was a poor family in this vicinity by the name of Malone and their only livelihood was drawing turf to the market to sell it.”
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Martin Walsh
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Hidden Treasure
“Not far from Knockerra Church in Fennell's land there grows a lone withered old bush and it is supposed there is money hidden under it.”
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Patrick Crowley
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“There is an old whitethorn bush growing about a mile and a half outside Kilrush and there is something connected with it.”
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Martin Walsh
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“One day a man named Madigan was shooting near the lake and he started a hare which disappeared into a quarry close by.”
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John Cunningham
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“In olden days there was a woman wandering from place to place named the Cipinagh...”
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Patrick Crowley
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“In the townland of Knockerra there lived a man by the name of Pat Moloney who had a famous black horse.”
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Patrick Moloney
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“At one time St. Senan's father had sown a field of wheat which was destroyed by crows rooting and carrying off the grain.”
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John Cunningham
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“In olden times it was customary for people to carry oats to the mill on horseback.”
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John Cunningham
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“One time when the Hickmans were landlords of Kilmore estate, the whole lot of the surrounding townlands were plagued with rats.”
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Samuel Keane
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“Once there lived in this locality a man named Clery who had a fort in his land.”
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Patrick Crowley
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“Long ago there was two old women were living near one another.”
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John O' Brien
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“There was a man living in Tarmon by the name of Nugent.”
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Patrick Moloney
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“One night many years ago an old woman who was travelling about the country went into a house in Tullycrine and asked the woman for something to eat.”
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Samuel Keane
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“One night as two men were returning from a house in the townland of Ballymacrinnan in which they were card playing.”
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John Cunningham
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“In the time of the famine in eighteen forty-six when thousands of poor people were dying...”
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Martin Walsh
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“In the townland of Kilcarrol in Thomas Keating's land there is a fort by the name of The Fort of The Black Dog.”
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Patrick Moloney
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“In the townland of Knockerra in a farm belonging to Mc Loughlin who let his farm for a year or so to a man named Tim Nolan who had cattle and a foal grazing the land.”
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Patrick Crowley
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“One night a man was reading a holy book.”
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John O' Brien
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“One night many years ago as a man was returning from Ennis in a horse and cart he had to pass over a bridge which was supposed to be haunted.”
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Samuel Keane
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