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

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    “One day a man went to the Shore and saw a Mermaid sitting on a rock ...”

    CBÉS 0004

    Peadar Ó Coinceanáin, Seán Dáibhis

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  2. The Mermaid

    CBÉS 0006

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  3. The Leipreachan or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0014

    Mr Michael Tarmey

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  4. The Leipreachan or Mermaid

    “In Rathlena which is the Ballinlogh Parish it is said there is a lepreachaun in some field there.”

    CBÉS 0014

    Mrs Connelly

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  5. The Leipreachan or Mermaid

    “There is a leipreachan in Power's field in Polredmond.”

    CBÉS 0014

    Mr J. Canny

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  6. The Leipreachán or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0016

    Joe Bodkin, John Shiel

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    “Once upon a time there used to be a mermaid coming a shore at the pier head in the Claddagh village.”

    CBÉS 0030

    Maura Coyne, Patrick Melia

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  8. The Leprechaun or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0044

    Margaret Gordon

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  9. The Leprechaun or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0060

    Mrs O' Toole

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  10. The Mermaid

    CBÉS 0089

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  11. The Leprechaun or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0090

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  12. The Mermaid of Lavinree Lake

    CBÉS 0093

    Kathleen Kineavy, Mr. J.P. Kineavy

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  13. Mermaid

    CBÉS 0095C

    Mary A. O' Doherty, Patsy Ausboro

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  14. Three Cows

    “Long Long ago a lovely mermaid arose out of the sea...”

    CBÉS 0095C

    Annie Kearns, Ned Kelly

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  15. Mermaid

    CBÉS 0095C

    Annie Kearns, Mrs Kearns

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  16. A Mermaid

    CBÉS 0095C

    Annie Kearns

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  17. A Mermaid

    CBÉS 0095C

    Margaret Kearns, Mrs Kearns

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  18. Mermaid

    CBÉS 0098

    Peggie Charles

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  19. The Leprechaun or Mermaid

    CBÉS 0100

    Nora O' Brien

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  20. Mermaid

    CBÉS 0114

    Annie E. Tully, Mrs Cassidy

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