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“Bíodh is go bhfuilim ag múineadh scoile i gCo Chille Dara, ní béalmúinteoiras Chille Dara atá anseo in aon chor ach béalmúinteoiras mo bhaile dúchas féin - Cill Mháille i gCo an Chláir.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

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Scéal A

“Long, long ago a man was going to the fair of Spancilhill to sell a horse.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal B

“A long time ago there was a farmer living in West Clare named Mairtín de Búrca.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal C

“When Oisín returned from Tír na nÓg St Patrick took him in to his own monastery and let him live along with the monks.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill, Risteárd Mac Cormaic

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal D

“During the Penal days the majority of the wealthier classes in Ireland turned Protestant in order to keep their lands...”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal E

“There was a king in Ireland long ago and he had three sons.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal F - Gabha na gCleas

“Long ago there lived in the South of Ireland a widower and his only child - a son.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal G

“There was a tailor there a long, long time ago.”

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Annracáin, Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal H

“Long, long ago when pigs were called swine and swallows built their nests in old men's beards there lived up in the north of Ireland a blacksmith called Robin Hughes.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill, Uí Annracháin

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal I

“Once Fionn MacCool was out hunting when he met an old woman.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal L

“Long ago there was a farmer living in West Clare.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal M

“Bhí duine muintearda leo agus Brían Ó Céarnaigh ab' ainm dó.”

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Cearnaigh, Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal N

“Long ago somewhere in the neighbourhood of Coolmeen a spirit began to appear.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill, Tomás Ó Ceallaigh

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal Ó

“Somewhere between Inagh and Ennistymon a ghost used to appear in a lonely valley and she used to attack anybody who happened to come alone through the valley late at night.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal P

“On the borders between Kilmaley and Kilnamona is a little townland called Tullassa.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal Q

“My father's maternal grandmother was a Mrs Galvin.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal R

“Ní raibh focal Béarla ag seanmháthair m'athair - Bean Uí Gealbháin ab ainm dí.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal S

“Bhí gleann uaigneach in aice le Mis Liomáin agus bhí fhios ag muintir na háite go mbíodh spiorad le feiscint ann.”

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Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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Scéal T

“Bhí Bean Uí Cheallaigh oídhche Aoine éigin ag ullmhú chun dul go hInis maidin lae....”

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Bean Thomáis Uí Cheallaigh, Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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“Bhí feirmeoir ina gcómnuidhe in aice lei i Litir Ceallaigh nuair a lei sí na cailín óg.”

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Bean Thomáis Uí Cheallaigh, Bríghid Bean Mhic Niocaill

Kilmaley, Co. Clare

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