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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. Fairy Forts in Gort

    CBÉS 0050

    Eileen Lally, Mr Thomas Lally

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  2. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0050

    Peggie Killeen

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  3. A Fairy Fort in Carrowgarriff

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke, Thomas Burke

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  4. Supper Served in a Fairy Fort in Templebanna near Tubber

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Roche, Mr Roche

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  5. A Charitable Lady who Lived in the Vicinity

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke

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  6. Fairs in Gort in Ancient Times

    CBÉS 0050

    Ann Coen, Mr Coen

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  7. An Ancient Graveyard

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke, Mrs Burke

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  8. Drownings in the Gort River

    CBÉS 0050

    Bridie Fennessy

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  9. A Burning in Gort

    CBÉS 0050

    Eva Nelly, Mr Nelly

    Transcript

  10. An Old Prayer to Our Lady

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke, Paddy Burke

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  11. Burning in the District

    CBÉS 0050

    Ann Coen, J.J. Coen

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  12. Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Roche, Ned Roche

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  13. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0050

    Rena Shaughnessy

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  14. Buying and Selling in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0050

    Eileen Lally, Thomas Lally

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    “Not Far from Ballyturn there is what the people of the place call a Dolmen”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Frances Regan

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    “In a field in my father's land there is a large stone”

    CBÉS 0050

    Philomena Nestor

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    “On the slope of a hill near the Beagh River there is a clump of old hawthorn bushes and in the centre of these there is a pile of ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Frances Regan

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    “Long ago they made bread named Boxty and this is how it was made”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael O' Beirne, Sheila O' Beirne

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    “Beside the banks of the Shannon stands the ruins of a castle which Brian Boru built.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Kelly, Mr Kelly

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    “There is a blessed well in our parish in Kilmacdaugh.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Brigid Flatherty

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