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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. Ainmneacha Áite

    CBÉS 0139

    Máirín Bean an Bhurcaigh, Míceál Breathnach

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  2. Why the Place Got Its Name

    CBÉS 0139

    Brendan Mc Andrew, Mrs Mc Andrew

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  3. My Townland

    CBÉS 0140

    Joe Corcoran, Mrs Corcoran

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  4. A Humorous Story

    CBÉS 0141

    Kathleen Duggan, Miss Ellen Franklin

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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    “Once upon a time a beggar man...”

    CBÉS 0141

    Kathleen Mahedy, Michael Holmes

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  6. Story - The Enchanted Hare

    CBÉS 0141

    Annie O' Hara, Thomas O' Hara

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  7. Naomh Pátrúin an Cheantair

    CBÉS 0141

    Annie Kate Healy, Michael Walsh

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  8. A Story

    “There was a man living in Ballycastle.”

    CBÉS 0143

    Anthony Lynn, Gertrude Lynn

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  9. A Story

    CBÉS 0143

    Anthony Lynn, Gertrude Lynn

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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  10. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0144

    Kathleen Mc Hale, Michael Mc Hale

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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    “About 80 years ago there lived in Ballycastle a man whose name was Minister Burke.”

    CBÉS 0145

    Mary Gertrude Gilvarry, Mr Michael Callaghan

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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    “About seventy years ago there lived a man named Johnny Ruane and his wife in Ballycastle.”

    CBÉS 0145

    Mary J. Mc Andrew, Mr Michael Sweeney

    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

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