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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. Further Old Stories - A Story of Horses

    CBÉS 0727

    Tom Cleary

    Transcript

  2. Further Old Stories - A Story of a Town

    CBÉS 0727

    Tom Cleary

    Transcript

  3. Further Old Stories - A Story of Locín

    CBÉS 0727

    Tom Cleary

    Transcript

  4. Further Old Stories - A Story of Cromwell and Mullady

    CBÉS 0727

    Tom Cleary

    Transcript

  5. Local Schools

    CBÉS 0727

    Tom Cleary

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    “Tullyhurk is a townland about three miles from Ballyshannon. There is a lake in it called Tullyhurk Lake. There is a crock of gold hidden in it and a serpent guarding it.”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mr Thomas Cleary, Tom Cleary

    Tullyhorky, Co. Donegal

    Transcript

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    “About a hundred years ago a man named Goan lived in Creevy. Three nights in succession he dreamt of a pot of gold that was hidden near Kilbarron Castle...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mr Thomas Cleary, Tom Cleary

    Kilbarron, Co. Donegal

    Transcript

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    “For three nights a man dreamt of a crock of gold hidden in a field in the townland of Cowpark. On the third day he went with his shovel and dug until he came to a large flag.”

    CBÉS 1027

    Anthony Mc Ginley, Tom Cleary

    Cow Park, Co. Donegal

    Transcript

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    “About three miles from Ballyshannon beside Wardtown castle, there is a lake called, Loch na nBan Finn, in which a chest of gold of supposed to be hidden.”

    CBÉS 1027

    Frank Dolan, Tom Cleary

    Ballymacaward, Co. Donegal

    Transcript