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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. The Gillaroe

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly, Mr Terence Connolly, Seosamh Mac Guidhir

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  2. McClancy Castle Treasure

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly, Seosamh Mac Guidhir

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  3. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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  4. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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  5. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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  6. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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    “The road leading from Tullaghan to Wardhouse is a very old road.”

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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    “There is a well in Gubacreeny called Saint Marshal's well.”

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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  9. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0190

    Edward Connolly

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  10. Church Minister

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  11. Mass in the Penal Days

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  12. Croaghan Hill

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

    Castlefinn, Co. Donegal

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    “There was a man once upon a time who lost his arm and it was buried.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  14. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “There lived an old man and an old woman once upon a time and they had two daughters.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “In a house near to Castlefinn village there are two round stones which are made of cement and they are very rough.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  17. An Old Story

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  18. Peter Griffin

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “Long ago near Castlefinn it is said that there was a King crowned on a very big stone and it is said it is at least ten feet in length and it is about six feet in breadth.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “Long ago there happened to be a man going on a train journey to his sister-in-law a long distance away.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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