The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Old Stories

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  2. (no title)

    In a field in John O'Dwyer's in Magoury there is a big rock

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  3. Slievenamon

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  4. (no title)

    Many years ago an old man in Lismolin dreamt that there was gold hid in a field near the castle.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  5. (no title)

    About two hundred years ago there were two robbers named Carroll and Keeffe living around Modeshill.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  6. (no title)

    There is an old cave in Priestown.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  7. (no title)

    There is the ruin of an old church in Michael Hall's farm in Magoury.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  8. (no title)

    A few hundred years ago in an old tree in the churchyard in Newtown there was a bell

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  9. (no title)

    Many years ago there was an old man named Noonan living in Newtown.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  10. (no title)

    There is a field in Kyle called Keily's field.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

    Kyle, Co. Tipperary

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  11. (no title)

    There is an old churchyard in Kyle and near it there is a well which is called the Mash.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  12. (no title)

    Many years ago there was a man living in Ballyrennan, Drangan named Tadg Maher.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  13. (no title)

    The Castle of Drangan was built in Norman times.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  14. (no title)

    There was a castle and corn mill in Ballylusky.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  15. (no title)

    In Lismullen there is a cast and bawne.

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  16. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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  17. The Old House in the Glen

    CBÉS 0557

    Mr Hall

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