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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. Ballindoon

    CBÉS 0005

    John O Neill, Mr Quinn

    Ballindoon & Islands, Co. Galway

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  2. Shipwrecks

    CBÉS 0005

    John O' Neill, Mr Quinn

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  3. Mo Cheantar Féin

    CBÉS 0005

    John O' Neill

    Aillebrack, Co. Galway

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  4. My Village

    CBÉS 0041

    Bina O' Neill, John O Neill

    Ummeracly East, Co. Galway

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  5. A Famous Person

    CBÉS 0041

    Bina O' Neill, John O Neill

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    “About two miles from Dromahair in Kilcoosey there is a Lough called the "Blind Lough".”

    CBÉS 0200

    John O' Neill, Thomas Mc Goldrick

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    “There wasn't a better doing man in all Leitrim or the next county to it than Billy Brogen.”

    CBÉS 0200

    Dan Carty, John O' Neill

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  8. The Farmer Shooting the Rabbits

    CBÉS 0200

    John O' Neill, Thomas O' Neill

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  9. Folktale Told by a Rambler

    CBÉS 0200

    John Egan, John O Neill

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  10. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0200

    John O Neill, Mrs O Neill

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  11. Crafts

    CBÉS 0200

    John O' Neill, Mrs O' Neill

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  12. The Lord of Benbo

    CBÉS 0201

    John O' Neill, Mrs O' Neill

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  13. Pond on Benbo Mountain

    CBÉS 0201

    John O' Neill, Mrs O' Neill

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  14. Story

    CBÉS 0201

    John O' Neill, Thomas O' Neill

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  15. O'Rourke's Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0201

    John O' Neill, Thomas O' Neill

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  16. (no title)

    “The food in Ireland has changed completely now compared with what it was long ago. Long ago the food used in Ireland was potatoes.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John O Neill

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  17. (no title)

    “Long ago the football matches use to be played differently to what they are now. In olden times twenty-one players used to play on each team.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John O Neill

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    “Long ago in Ireland travelling people were highly respected. The travelling people long ago were very much more honest than what they are now and on that account they were never seen sleeping out of doors.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John O Neill

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    “A churchyard is a small strip of land where human beings are buried. There is four churchyards in this district.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John O Neill

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  20. Buried Treasure

    CBÉS 0579

    Jimmy O' Neill, John O' Neill

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