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

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  1. The Burning of Churchtown

    CBÉS 0367

    Eileen O' Connor, Patrick O Brien

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  2. Burning of Churchtown

    CBÉS 0367

    Brigid Browne, Mr Con O' Brien

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  3. Local Song

    “A local horse named Loch Lomond owned by Miss Cowhey of Churchtown House won in the Derby in the year 1919.”

    CBÉS 0367

    Denis O' Sullivan, Margaret O' Sullivan

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  4. Old Songs

    “There is joy in the hear of old Churchtown today.”

    CBÉS 0367

    Mr Denis O' Sullivan, Nellie Fisher

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  5. Some Historical Notes on Churchtown

    CBÉS 0367

    Mary O' Sullivan, Reverend J. Rice

    Churchtown, Co. Cork

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  6. (no title)

    “There was a ghost seen at a place known as Purdon's gate now the entrance into Connor's wood at Egmont Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan

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  7. (no title)

    “In the year 1822 the "White Boys" attacked the Police Barracks in Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan

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  8. (no title)

    “When the Barrack in Churchtown 1822 was burned by the white boys one policeman named Dunlap happened to be out on patrol and he ran into the White Boys”

    CBÉS 0368

    Mr T. Tierney, Patrick Irwin

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  9. (no title)

    “At the burning of Churchtown in 1822 there were three "White Boys" killed in the fight.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Mr T. Tierney, Thomas Sampson

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  10. (no title)

    “In the parish of Churchtown there is an old building called the New Barn.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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  11. (no title)

    “About two miles from the village of Churchtown there is a holy well.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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  12. (no title)

    “During a snowstorm of some years ago the Mail bar which had come from Mallow to collect the mails got stuck half way between Liscarroll and Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan

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  13. (no title)

    “My home is in the townland of Ballinaboul in the parish of Churchtown Barony of Orrery and Kilmore in the County Cork.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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  14. (no title)

    “I live in the Townland of Annagh in the Parish of Churchtown and in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Mr James Irwin, Patrick Irwin

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  15. (no title)

    “The graveyard I know best is Churchtown graveyard. It is in the townland of Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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  16. (no title)

    “Both sides of this parish (Liscarroll and Churchtown).”

    CBÉS 0372

    Mr C. Murphy, Pádraig Ó Luinneacháin

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  17. Story of Páirc an Choirce Churchtown

    CBÉS 0471

    James Doyle

    Churchtown, Co. Kerry

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  18. (no title)

    “There was a woman living at Churchtown and she was very good to the poor, and gave away all she had.”

    CBÉS 0471

    John Foley

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  19. Story of Churchtown

    CBÉS 0471

    James Doyle

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  20. (no title)

    “John Philip O Sullivan of Churchtown had charms for toothache, broken bones.”

    CBÉS 0471

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