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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. The Whiteboys in Kilmaine

    CBÉS 0105

    Donnchadh Ó Riain, Thomas Canny

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  2. Cúl Cath (Drom Mór) - Scéal Stairiúil

    CBÉS 0294

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  3. The Whiteboys or Barley Reapers

    CBÉS 0319

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  4. Hurrah for the Barley Reaper

    CBÉS 0319

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  5. Constables and Yeomen

    CBÉS 0319

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    “Another night while searching around Hollyhill a glimmer of light attracted the attention of this geoman officer and his men.”

    CBÉS 0319

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    “During one of his terms as Soveirgn J.J. John Isaac Heard committed a deed which earned for him the leas ainm of "Hangman of Kinsale”

    CBÉS 0319

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    “Richard Amstrong, Sergeant of the Mace, lived in the Trent Glen in what is now a roofless house.”

    CBÉS 0319

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  9. The Whiteboys - Martial Law

    CBÉS 0321

    Daniel Corrigan

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  10. Na Buachaillí Bána

    CBÉS 0326

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  11. Na Buachaillí Bána - Cath Léim an Fhia, 1822

    CBÉS 0338

    Pádraig Ó Murchadha

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  12. Na Buachaillí Bána

    CBÉS 0349

    Betty Arnold, Miss Mary Sullivan

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  13. The Execution of James Cotter

    CBÉS 0357

    Seán Ó Laoghaire, Tadhg Ó Conchubhair

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  14. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0364

    Mr R. Barrow

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    “The "White Boys" were a secret society.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan

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

    CBÉS 0368

    Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan

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    “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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    “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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  19. How Tubbereen-Mire is Supposed to have gotten its Name

    CBÉS 0382

    Bessie Driscoll, Jack Flynn

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  20. Bearna Crochaire

    CBÉS 0389

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