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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 Dead Hunt

    CBÉS 0517

    Micheal Quin, Mr William Treacy

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    “Once upon a time there lived an old man who went by the name of Bill of the Hills.”

    CBÉS 0517

    Michael Quin, William Treacy

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  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0517

    Martin Quin

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  4. The Parish and People of Quin

    CBÉS 0585

    Martin Kennedy

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  5. Quin Abbey

    CBÉS 0593

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    “The last friar of Quin Abbey was Friar Hogan.”

    CBÉS 0593

    Michael Clune

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    “A boy in Quin was remaining delicate and no improvement was coming on him from day to day.”

    CBÉS 0593

    James O' Dea

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    “The Stage Coach used travel from Galway via Moyriesk and Quin to Limerick”

    CBÉS 0593

    Mr James Clune

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  9. The Bad Spots in Quin and Clooney During the Night

    CBÉS 0593

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    “Between Gort and Crevagh in the parish of Quin and a famous highwayman called "The Black Terror”

    CBÉS 0593

    Katherine Markham

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    “At the time of the Fenians a famous Fenian was in "his keeping" in the parish of Quin”

    CBÉS 0593

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  12. The Fair of Quin

    CBÉS 0593

    James Clune

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    “There is a very old graveyard in Quin.”

    CBÉS 0594

    M. Riddler

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  14. Hidden Treasure in Quin

    CBÉS 0595

    Dan Clune, Mary O' Brien

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    “Thomas Crowe, shoemaker, Quin, Co. Clare, remembers the later Michael Murray...”

    CBÉS 0596

    Thomas Crowe

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    “John Sammon, Quin, Co. Clare, says there is a large stone which was taken from Quin Abbey.”

    CBÉS 0596

    John Sammon

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  17. Birthmarks

    “Mrs. G-. Quin, Co.Clare, got her teeth taken out in Ennis, while she was carrying a baby.”

    CBÉS 0596

    M.K. Carmody

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  18. Local Heroes

    “John Keehan Ballymaclune Quin (about two miles from where I live) was famous for his great strength...”

    CBÉS 0596

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  19. The Piper's Stone

    CBÉS 0596

    James Quin, Joseph Quinn

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  20. Relic of the Famine Days in Quin

    CBÉS 0599

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