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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 Knight of Glin

    CBÉS 0167

    Bartley Fox, Seosamh Ó Catháin

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  2. A Football Match - Tarbert v Glin

    CBÉS 0404

    John Lavery, M. O Connell

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    “after the old Knight of Glin's death, there were horses seen galloping around the castle grounds.”

    CBÉS 0404

    James Stack, John Stack

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    “Long ago there was a house near Glin to which men used to come every night playing cards.”

    CBÉS 0404

    James Windle

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  5. How the Fitzgeralds of Glin Castle Became Protestants

    CBÉS 0441

    Edward Stack, Irene Stack

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    “Lord Kitchener spend his early years in Ballygoughlin which place was purchased by his father Colonel Kitchener from the Knight of Glin...”

    CBÉS 0480

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  7. A Tradition

    “About 60 years ago, or more there lived, near Glin, a gentleman and his wife who were both Protestants.”

    CBÉS 0480

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    “A fair is held in sweet Glin town At the dawning of each year On the first of dark December When Christmas times are near...”

    CBÉS 0480

    John Mulvihill, Kathleen Lynch

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    “Some time ago a woman in Glin was ironing clothes at a table...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Josephine Culhane, Tom Culhane

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    “Not long ago a boy from Glin was going to a fair with cattle...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Josephine Culhane, Tom Culhane

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    “One Christmas night a woman from Glin was lighting candles...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Hannah Enright, Tim Enright

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    “In Glin it was the other night A dreadful fight took place Between the Dillanes and Thompsons Which proved a great disgrace...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Hannah Enright, John Mulvihill

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  13. Folklore - A Story

    “About a dozen years there lived in Glin a young man named Michael Geoghegan who was a very good swimmer.”

    CBÉS 0480

    Tom Walsh

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

    CBÉS 0480

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  15. The Glin Castle Groves

    CBÉS 0480

    Joe Hogan, Timothy Costello

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  16. The Glin Fair

    CBÉS 0480

    John Mulvihill

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  17. The Glin Fight

    CBÉS 0480

    John Mulvihill

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    “Here are a few lines of a song, composed by Jerimiah Woods Tullyleague Glin about the year 1,888...”

    CBÉS 0480

    Cáitlín Ní Dhuilleáin

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  19. A Kind Act in Glin

    CBÉS 0480

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  20. The Glin Castle

    CBÉS 0480

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