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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. Festivals

    CBÉS 0196

    James Keane

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  2. The Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0196

    James Keane

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  3. Churning

    CBÉS 0196

    James Keane

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  4. Local Tailors

    CBÉS 0196

    James Keane

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  5. A Song

    CBÉS 0399

    James Keane, Nora Griffin

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  6. A Story

    CBÉS 0449

    Daniel Heffernan, James Keane

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  7. A True Story of Sixty Years Ago

    CBÉS 0591

    James Keane

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  8. Roads

    CBÉS 0591

    James Keane

    Cloonusker, Co. Clare

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  9. Gurtaderra

    CBÉS 0591

    James Keane

    Gortaderry, Co. Clare

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    “One time a man in Killimer dreamt that there was money hidden near the house.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  11. (no title)

    “One time a man named Patrick Troy would go shooting to Molougha lake when the moon would be there.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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    “There is a fort in the land of a man named Michael Mac Donnell, who lived in Tarmon...”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  13. (no title)

    “Some years ago a man named Joe Browne was coming home from Kilrush.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  14. (no title)

    “When St. Senan lived in Molougha about two miles from Kilrush.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  15. (no title)

    “One time a man named Michael Mac Donnell was rooting a fort which was in his land, about three miles from Kilrush.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  16. (no title)

    “Some time ago a man in this parish was working in Kilrush at Glynn's mill.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

    Transcript

  17. (no title)

    “During the famine when the people were starving with the hunger a man from Kilmurry was brought to Kilrush...”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  18. (no title)

    “One time a man in Killimer had a servant boy working with him.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  19. (no title)

    “Long ago a man was going around this part of the country.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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  20. (no title)

    “St. Senan lived with his people in Molougha before he went Scattery, an island near Kilrush.”

    CBÉS 0629

    James Keane

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