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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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    “I was at a meeting in Loughrea at which Michael Davitt gave a speach...”

    CBÉS 0033

    Edward Connors, Nora Connors

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  2. Loughrea Lake Story

    CBÉS 0034

    Kathleen Keane, Tom Keane

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  3. An Old Story

    “About 2 miles from our house on Loughrea road there was a family called Flannagans.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Baby Ward, Mrs Brett

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  4. A Story

    “In olden times there lived a farmer quite convenient to the town of Loughrea.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Bernard Dempsey, Ettie Dempsey

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  5. (no title)

    “Long ago lived a man by the side of the lake in Loughrea.”

    CBÉS 0045

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  6. Loughrea Lake

    CBÉS 0051

    Brigid Keane, Kathleen Shiel

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  7. Legend of the Lake of Loughrea

    CBÉS 0051

    Kathleen Shiel

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    “A certain man was coming home from a fair in Loughrea.”

    CBÉS 0054

    Mary Kenny

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    “One wild evening in Spring there was a man named Jack Berry from Killnadeema leaving the town of Loughrea on horseback.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Once upon a time and not so very long ago either there was a Tanyard in Loughrea.”

    CBÉS 0054

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  11. Fairy Stories

    “Some years ago, there was a certain farmer living near Loughrea lake.”

    CBÉS 0056

    John Conor

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  12. Loughrea

    CBÉS 0059

    Loughrea, Co. Galway

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    “One evening a man was coming home from a fair in Loughrea.”

    CBÉS 0059

    William Burke

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    “In Loughrea long ago the Coach - a - Bower was heard but was not visible.”

    CBÉS 0060

    Seán Ryan

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  15. Loughrea Girls

    CBÉS 0060

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  16. Suppression of the Abbey Loughrea A.D. 1504-1618

    CBÉS 0060

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  17. The Land League Loughrea - In September 1886

    CBÉS 0060

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  18. The Pretty Girls of Loughrea

    CBÉS 0060

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