Cos fé Chrois agus Tón Leachta
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Andrew Keane
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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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“There was a man and a woman living in Ireland long ago.”
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Andrew Keane, Patrick Griffin
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“During the years of the Famine large numbers of people left their homes in West Kerry to earn a living in the other counties of Ireland.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Martin Sayers
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“One day Fionn Mac Cumhaill and a small number of soldiers were out hunting on the Sliabh Mis Mountains of West Derrymore.”
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Eileen Brosnan, James O' Sullivan
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“One day very long ago three brothers who wanted to know how they would spend their lives after their father had died laid themselves down at three cross roads pretending to be dead.”
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Eileen Brosnan, James O' Sullivan
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“Many years ago, when bailiffs and process-servers were frequently met with and evictions for non-payment of rent were a common occurrence there lived in Castlegregory a process-server named Giles Rae.”
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Andrew Keane, Patrick Griffin
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“Long ago there lived a man and he worked for a very rich man.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Maurice Quirke
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“Long ago there lived two brothers in a village.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Maurice Quirke
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“The Wiles were the first inhabitants of Derrymore.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Martin Sayers
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“About ninety years ago the Raes were the landlords of the lands of each side of Derrymore river.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“On Whit Monday, 22nd July 1893, a disaster occurred at Camp Bridge on the Tralee and Dingle Railway.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In the year of the Treaty 1921 a train left Tralee with a crowd of people to attend the anniversary of Thomas Ashe's death.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About forty years ago all the poor people of Derrymore and Clasheen got score ground from the farmers of the place.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Mrs Thomas O' Sulllivan
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“About thirty five years ago a single engine left Tralee for Dingle on a trial run.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“On the 19th February, 1921Commander Michael Mc Elligott 6th Battalion IRA was killed in action...”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About twenty five years ago a train left Tralee at six o clock in the morning for Dingle.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In olden times the people travelled the old Tralee to Dingle road on horseback.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“Christmas is a time of great joy and feasting.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In Cathar Cun Rí in the Slíabh Mis mountains there are the rins of Fionn Mac Cumhail's castle.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“There are the ruins of an ancient church between Tom Sullivan's and Quirkes's farms.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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