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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. An Reilig i gCluain Tiobrad

    CBÉS 0407

    Máire Ní Dhoghair

    Cloontubbrid South, Co. Kerry

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  2. Currach na Teine

    CBÉS 0407

    Listowel, Co. Kerry

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  3. (no title)

    “A man lived in Listowel once and he did not believe in the true religion.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Thomas Halpin

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    “I know a man by the name of Jim Twomey and he is the best mower in Dromin.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Con Halpin, Thomas Halpin

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  5. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, Jack Twomey

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  6. Another Funny Story

    CBÉS 0407

    Jack Hegarty

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  7. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0407

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  9. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, Pat Shanahan

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  10. An Accident

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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    “Up to thirty years ago when the races would be on in the Island in Listowel there would be five or six tents made of rough poles and sacks.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Mary Walsh, William Walsh

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  12. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Cathal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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  13. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Con Halpin, Dan Twomey

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  14. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Betty Doyle, John Doyle

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  15. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Martin Kennelly

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  16. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Denis Egan, Peg Barry

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  17. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Betty Histon, John Kennelly

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  18. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Mary Walsh, William Walsh

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  19. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    John Sullivan, Peggy Leahy

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  20. Riddles

    CBÉS 0407

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