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“The ancient Irish were very much given to fairy stories and many old people still believe in them.”

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Maureen Shea, Mrs Abby Sullivan

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“The old people still say the fairies used to play hurley long ago.”

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Bridie Nash

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“Many indeed are the stories told of the time when the fairies were supposed to play an important part in the lives of our forefathers.”

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Mrs Abby Sullivan, Sheila O Shea

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“There was once a man living in an old road who had a field of corn.”

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Margaret Neill

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“In our district, we hear many stories from the part of the sufferings endured by the priests and people to preserve the faith and to attend the holy sacrifice of the Mass.”

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Maureen O Shea

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“One night when my grandfather was living in Gortlas his father had a white horse.”

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Myles O' Shea

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“There were once two brothers, one of whom was very rich and the other very poor.”

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Elizabeth Egan

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“Long ago there was a an old woman living in a little hut in Drongawn.”

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Margaret Shea

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“I live in Rossmore, it is an island and there about nine houses in it and each one has a farm.”

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Bridie Nash

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Dunkilla Fort

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Margaret Shea

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“Over 300 years ago when Blands took over the property in South Dunkerron they were attacked on a few occasions by a band of insurgents.”

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Mary Kate Moriarty

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“A few miles from my house is a hill called Coom an Aifrinn.”

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Mary Burns

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“The parish of Sneem is rich in historic associations of every kind but I shall now deal with one aspect of the Bland regime.”

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Mary K. Moriarty

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Old Customs

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Bridie Nash

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“Once, I heard my grandfather say that a man was going to Kenmare one day in the time of the famine.”

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Bridie Nash

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“Our great grandfathers lived, poor, but honest, hardworking, industrious, religious lives.”

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Mary Falvey

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“The places where I live is called Direenacopple.”

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Lizzie Egan

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“The people long ago used to live in a different way from what we do now.”

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Maureen Shea

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“The hardships and troubles which our ancestors endured to eke out an humble existence would fill us with awe and amazement, as week as with admiration for them.”

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Maureen O Shea

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“They used to twist méaróga or grass roped out of finawn or tough mountain grass.”

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