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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. Local Monuments

    “There is a standing stone in a field of Philip O' Donnell's, Ballybig, Carndonagh.”

    CBÉS 1114

    Maeve Doogan, Mrs Farron

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    “Old Biddy Brannigan lived alone at Tulnaree over eighty years ago, in her little thatched cottage with not another soul to talk to, still she was happy, as she let her Rosary slip quietly through her fingers, with the shades of evening falling on the worl”

    CBÉS 1114

    Maeve Doogan, Miss Nellie Doherty

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  3. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 1114

    Maeve Doogan, Pat Kearney

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  4. Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 1114

    Maeve Doogan, Mr Mickey Mac Cool

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    “About one hundred and twenty years ago there was a boy hired to a man in Ennisoneill in the parish of Clonamry, who was called John Devlin.”

    CBÉS 1115

    Ellen Doherty, Maeve Doogan

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    “One time there was a large house, situated in Glenmakee, in the parish of Carndonagh, and it was supposed to be haunted by a protestant minister whose name I am unable to find.”

    CBÉS 1115

    Ellen Doherty, Maeve Doogan

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  7. The Burning of a Court-House

    CBÉS 1115

    Ellen Doherty, Maeve Doogan

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