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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. A Ghost

    CBÉS 0033

    Thomas O' Connor

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  2. Gold in Hiding

    CBÉS 0033

    Thomas O' Connor

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  3. Travelling in Olden Days

    CBÉS 0049

    Mary A. Hughes, Thomas O' Connor

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  4. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0201

    Patrick O' Connor, Thomas O' Connor

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  5. Place Names

    CBÉS 0238

    Thomas O' Connor

    Cill Chomhlach, Co. Ros Comáin

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  6. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0238

    Thomas O' Connor

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  7. A Local Song

    “On the twentieth of February - that day of renown ¶ 'Twas a bold Sinn Féin party left Ballinameen town...”

    CBÉS 0238

    Thomas O' Connor

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  8. Stories

    CBÉS 0353

    Patrick O' Callaghan, Thomas O' Connor

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  9. Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0353

    Thomas O' Connor

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  10. Old Stories

    CBÉS 0353

    Thomas O' Connor

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    “A great snow storm occurred about forty five years ago on the eleventh of February.”

    CBÉS 0405

    Bridget Kennelly, Thomas O' Connor

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  12. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0405

    Patrick Marron, Thomas O Connor

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  13. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0405

    Patrick Marron, Thomas O Connor

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  14. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0405

    Patrick Marron, Thomas O Connor

    Gort Droma Gamhnach, Co. Chiarraí

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  15. (no title)

    “In 1900 there did a ship come in to Inch.”

    CBÉS 0426

    Thomas O' Connor

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  16. Throwing Weights

    CBÉS 0441

    Nora O' Connor, Thomas O' Connor

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  17. Distinguished Poets

    CBÉS 0441

    Nora O' Connor, Thomas O' Connor

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  18. Holy Wells - Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh

    CBÉS 0443

    Séamus Ua Conchubhair, Thomas Boosnan, Thomas O Connor

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  19. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0447

    Lena O Connor, Thomas O Connor

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  20. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0447

    Alice Griffin, Thomas O' Connor

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