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“The passages in the cave lead to the Castles of Grange, Ballyowen and Adamstown, and to Clondalkin.”
CBÉS 0794
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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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22 results
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“Mr Katin the school teacher kept a little shop in Raheen Adamstown and Paddy O Connor and his wife used to dale there...”
CBÉS 0882
Josie Kehoe, Mrs Curtis
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“The townlands in this parish of Adamstown are rather small not consisting of more than a dozen houses.”
CBÉS 0882
Jocie Crosby
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
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“My townland is Carrigbyrne. It is in the Co Wexford, Barony of Bantry and in the Parish of Adamstown.”
CBÉS 0882
Josie Kehoe
Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
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“The name of my district is Carrigadaggan. It is situated between Wexford and New Ross, in the Parish of Adamstown and in the Barony of Bantry.”
CBÉS 0882
Ena Foley
Carrigadaggan, Co. Wexford
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The Boys of Adamstown
CBÉS 0883
S. Ní Muirghcara
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“In the graveyard at Adamstown there was a Blessed Well years ago.”
CBÉS 0899
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Adamstown Races
CBÉS 0899
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
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“There was a man coming home from Adamstown (Co Wexford Bantry) one night about a hundred years ago, and he was a bit boosey.”
CBÉS 0899
John Martin, Micheal Martin
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“There was an old woman named Mrs Kelly who lived in Adamstown, Bantry, Co Wexford.”
CBÉS 0899
Denis Crean, Nellie Crean
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
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“In the sixties of the last century there lived a small farmer in Misterin (Adamstown Co Wexford) named Pat Bradey.”
CBÉS 0899
Thomas L. Doyle, Thomas P. Doyle
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“Long ago an old tinker by the name of Tom Swaine used to go around Adamstown mending things at houses.”
CBÉS 0899
John O' Neill, Mary B. Kelly
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“About a hundred years ago two fellas used to be in the habit of rambling to a certain house in Newtown (Adamstown, Co Wexford).”
CBÉS 0899
John Martin, Micheal Martin
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“In the Co Wexford there is a lane on the Adamstown road known as Newtown Lane.”
CBÉS 0899
Mrs Katie Mc Gee, Peggie Mc Gee
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“There is an old graveyard on Mr Byrne's land (Doonooney Adamstown, Co Wexford).”
CBÉS 0899
John Lacey, Maureen Cleary
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“There was a certain man going home from Adamstown, and he met a girl coming down the Leap road one night.”
CBÉS 0899
Alice Murphy, John Lacey
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“There is an ould ruined castle situated in Knockreigh, Adamstown.”
CBÉS 0899
Nellie Crean, Tom Mc Donald
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“There is an old castle at Knockreigh, Adamstown, Barony of Bantry, Co Wexford.”
CBÉS 0899
Joseph Bradley, Kitty Bradley
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“Sir Richard Devereux (formerly of Carrigmannon, Glynn, Co Wexford) is buried in the old mound in the centre of Adamstown Graveyard.”
CBÉS 0899
John Jourdan, Mary L. Hughes
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“There was an ould woman be the name of Kitty Sheekin who lived in Raheenduff (Adamstown Co Wexford).”
CBÉS 0899
A. E. Whelan, Mary L. Hughes
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