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The Main Manuscript Collection

This collection includes every aspect of the Irish oral tradition. New volumes are added on a regular basis. More information

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  1. (no title)

    “My great grandfather one time dreamt that there was gold buried in a certain ditch.”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  2. Jack and the Brown Horse

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    “There was a family lived in Ballinclay by the name of Lacey.”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  4. (no title)

    “There was a king one time that had one daughter and she said she would marry the first man that would answer her three questions...”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  5. There was a man one time lived in Wexford by the name of Jackie Murphy

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  6. There was one time a fool of a chap and he used to spend most of his time making houses and other things out of muck.

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  7. There was once a Catholic and a Protestant lived somewhere in Wexford near each other.

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “There was a man lived near Taghmon named Sam Cooper ”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    “There was a man named Mat Myler of Ballyvergin and he was dying...”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “There was a man lived in...”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  11. (no title)

    “There was a man lived near Carrigbyrnne by the name of Tom Gleeson ”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “There is a big field down in Pollfur called Chapel Park...”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Mrs Kennedy

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  13. (no title)

    “There is said to be gold buried in the corner of a field in the townland of Corlican”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    William Doyle

    Transcript

  14. (no title)

    “There was an old woman one time and she had three daughters.”

    CBÉ 0106

    Lore

    1935

    Mrs. Roche

    Transcript

  15. An Braimichín Gioballach

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    Seán Ó hAodhgáin

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  16. Cóitín Luachra

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    19 November 1935

    Micheál Ó Fiannachtaigh

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  17. Seán na bhFathach

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    19 November 1935

    Micheál Ó Fiannachtaigh

    Transcript

  18. Seán Husaé

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    19 November 1935

    Micheál Ó Fiannachtaigh

    Transcript

  19. An Choróin Mhuire

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    19 November 1935

    Micheál Ó Fiannachtaigh

    Transcript

  20. Lá San Leatheró

    CBÉ 0148

    Lore

    3 November 1935

    Muiris Ó Ríoghbhardáin

    Transcript