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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. Sir John Moore - Commander ar Bandon 1798

    CBÉS 0305

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  2. Bandon

    CBÉS 0308

    Bean Uí Choileáin, Máire Ní Choileáin

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  3. Bandon

    CBÉS 0308

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    “The Duves were famous highway men who were born somewhere between the region of Ballineen and Bandon...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Donal O' Neill, Mr Pat O' Neill

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    “A woman named Mrs. Donovan of Knocknapogue near Ballinadee was coming home from Bandon very late one night, about fifty years ago...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Coffey

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    “My grandfather, Denis McCarthy of Meelan, Bandon told me when I was a child that he brought his wife home from the church on a "saddle horse" sitting behind him.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Denis Mc Carthy, E. O' Brien

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    “Bandon fair is held every month on the first Tuesday and Wednesday.”

    CBÉS 0313

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    “Near Bandon there is an old fort called Liosaphooka.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Denis Desmond, Hannah Desmond

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    “An orangeman named Lannin of Bandon was killed at Timoleague nearly 100 years ago.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Con Keohane, Michael O' Regan

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    “The 12th of July was as bad a day in Bandon long ago as it is now in Northern Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0313

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    “There were two shops in Bandon, one in North Main Street owned by Baker and one in South Main Street owned by Ford - where wool was retailed.”

    CBÉS 0313

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    “There is a haunted house not far from Bandon.”

    CBÉS 0314

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    “This is a story which is spoken of by the people of Bandon.”

    CBÉS 0314

    Jeremiah O Mahony

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  14. Old Fairs and Markets in Bandon

    CBÉS 0314

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    “The first Catholic church in Bandon was at Mayfield.”

    CBÉS 0314

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  16. Bandon River and Bandon

    CBÉS 0314

    Mr Stephen Crowley

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    “Bandon Bridge was the name given to the new town by the English but the Irish would not listen to it.”

    CBÉS 0314

    Mr Stephen Crowley

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  18. Cromwell in Bandon

    CBÉS 0314

    Mr Stephen Crowley

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    “Tannery and weaving were the chief industries in Bandon about 100 years ago.”

    CBÉS 0314

    Gregory Burke, Mr Cornelius Donoghue

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  20. The Cotton-Mills of Bandon

    CBÉS 0314

    Mr Con Donoghue, Mr Stephen Crowley

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