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

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    “Long ago there lived a man, woman, and their two sons near Limerick. One of them went to the city working...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Josephine Culhane, Tom Culhane

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  2. Irish Words and Phrases which Have Survived in the Parish - Glin, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0480

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  3. Glin, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0480

    Margaret Mc Grath

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  4. Glin, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0480

    Nora O' Brien

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  5. Co. Limerick Beliefs and Superstitions

    CBÉS 0484

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  6. An Old Story - How Will-o'-the-Wisp Originated - A Limerick Version

    CBÉS 0484

    Mrs Sheahan

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  7. Seán Finn

    “Poem composed on the death of Commandant Seán Finn, of the West Limerick Brigade..”

    CBÉS 0484

    Bridie Histon, Paddy Riordan

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  8. Local Poems and Songs - The Limerick Hills

    CBÉS 0485

    Edmond Danaher, Mick Taylor

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  9. Limerick

    CBÉS 0487

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    “Long ago there was a priest in the Co. Limerick ...”

    CBÉS 0490

    Teresa Quirke

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    “One fine May morning when a old man was going along the road near Shanagolden Co. Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0492

    Jerry Kelly, Nora Sullivan

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    “This story which I am going to write has passed down from certain old people who lived in Co. Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0494

    Mrs Catherine Fitzgerald

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  13. A List of Words from Irish in Common Use Among Natives in West Limerick

    CBÉS 0494

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  14. Story - From Knockfeerina, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0499

    James Morrissey, John Kiely

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  15. Story - From Knockfeerina, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0499

    John O' Brien, Thomas Broderick

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  16. Story - Knockfeerina Forts, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0499

    Frank Dunne, James Morrissey

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  17. Story - St Patrick in Ardagh, County Limerick

    CBÉS 0499

    James Morrissey, Mrs O' Brien

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    “Patrick Dunworth, Ballingarry was drowned in the Mague, Adare, Co. Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0500

    Mrs Mc Cann

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  19. A Battle between the Fairies of Clare and Limerick

    CBÉS 0505

    Cornelious Normoyle, Thomas Fennell

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    “There was a man from the Ballycahan side coming home from Limerick one night.”

    CBÉS 0507

    Joseph O Farrell

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