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

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    “One night Dan Dennehy of Mushera was coming from Macroom with a horse and car about 7' o clock.”

    CBÉS 0325

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  2. Mountmassey the Flower of Macroom

    CBÉS 0325

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  3. An Old Song

    “On the twentieth of November in the year of '92 we went to the Races at Sleaveen near Macroom.”

    CBÉS 0326

    Donal Herlihy

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  4. The Sweet Town of Macroom

    CBÉS 0326

    Macroom, Co. Cork

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  5. Macroom

    CBÉS 0337

    Chas Forde

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  6. Local Song

    “On a fine November's day the lorries left Macroom.”

    CBÉS 0339

    Patrick Lehane, Patrick Murphy

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  7. (no title)

    “In the Penal times there was a monastery at Macloneigh about two miles from Macroom.”

    CBÉS 0340

    Michael Murray

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  8. Rinnuccini's Reception in Macroom

    CBÉS 0341

    Eileen Gibbons, Margaret O' Donoghue

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  9. Macroom Castle

    CBÉS 0341

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  10. A Tale of Macroom Castle

    CBÉS 0341

    Seán Ó Conaill, Siobhán Ní Mhurchadha

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  11. A Romance of Macroom Castle

    CBÉS 0341

    Diarmuid Ó Cheilleachair, Mairghread Ní Chroínín

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  12. How the Papal Nuncio Came to Macroom

    CBÉS 0341

    Máire Ní Cheallacháin, Seán Ó Thuama

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  13. Macroom

    CBÉS 0341

    Charles Forde, Siobhán Ní Mhurchadha

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  14. An Ancient Battle-Field near Macroom

    CBÉS 0342

    Nellie O' Shea

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  15. The Macroom of 1824

    CBÉS 0342

    Julia M. Twohig

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  16. (no title)

    “O' Flynns were the ruling Irish family in Macroom and Mukerry Barony.”

    CBÉS 0342

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  17. (no title)

    “There was a "faction" in a neighbouring parish (Ballyvourney) which had many "results" at the fairs and markets of Macroom.”

    CBÉS 0342

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  18. (no title)

    “A bronze sword - found by Amy O' Leary, Carrigamine Macroom in 1934.”

    CBÉS 0342

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  19. (no title)

    “Fairyland" - applied to a townland near Carrigafooka Bridge, 3 miles west of Macroom.”

    CBÉS 0342

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  20. Macroom Races 1814

    CBÉS 0342

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