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  1. The Maid of Collooney Town

    CBÉ 0512

    Lore

    2 May 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  2. (no title)

    “Theres agood many places, round this town thats "foreign" in some way or another, an' it isn't wan alone that could tell ye that but a good many.”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  3. (no title)

    “In ould times when people ushed to havin' nothin to ate, except the Indian male stirabout, it washtn't everywan that was able to pay cash down...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  4. (no title)

    “That sthory is nothin tobe wondhered at either sure when the people was poor in ould times, the only thing that they had to sthand to them...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  5. (no title)

    “This sthory happened near enough to us inthrath. There was a neighbour o' our own, or at the leasht a neighbour o' me grandfather's...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  6. (no title)

    “There was a young fella, an' his father livin' be themselves in ahouse ar Rhivershtown, an' it seems that the young fella was 'great' wit some girl...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir

  7. (no title)

    “In the Friary at Townagh there lived aproteshtant man, whom the friars tuk pity on...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    14 September 1938

    Seán Ó Duibhir