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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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    “One of the oldest stories I have heard concerns Camp Street "One night" begins the tramp "I was resting outside a door in Camp Street.”

    CBÉS 0661

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  2. Knockbridge

    CBÉS 0661

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  3. Church Street

    CBÉS 0661

    Thomas Lennon

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    “There is an ancient quarry three miles outside Dundalk. It is over a hundred feet deep and it contains water.”

    CBÉS 0661

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  5. Roche Castle

    CBÉS 0661

    Paddy Mulholland

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    “One night an old man told me the following story. "One night an old man came for lodgings to my father's inn.”

    CBÉS 0661

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  7. Seatown

    CBÉS 0661

    Brendan O Dowda

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    “This is the story of old Galway. It was told to me by my grandfather.”

    CBÉS 0661

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    “This is the story as told to me by my grandfather. The story is as follows:”

    CBÉS 0661

    Paul Duffy

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  10. The Headless Coachman

    CBÉS 0661

    Seán Murphy

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    “I heard the following story from my grandmother: ¶ "It is said that down at the Quay in Dundalk there was an old bar.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Felix Hoey

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    “One night when I was talking to my father, I asked him how Dowdallshill got its name.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Dowdallshill, Co. Louth

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    “About three weeks ago I was talking to my father and he told me a story about a house in the country.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Thomas Quinn

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    “One night as I was at home with my uncle, I had nothing to do, so I asked him to tell me a story.”

    CBÉS 0661

    James Mathews

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    “I was told the following story by a man. "The Wild Goose Lodge is situated on the South side of Ardee.”

    CBÉS 0661

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  16. Taffaginny's Court

    CBÉS 0661

    Seán Mc Garrity

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  17. Fairies

    CBÉS 0661

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    “I was in my grandfather's house one day and he told me the following story.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Redmond Watters

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    “A few miles outside Ardee there stands an old church, and on one side, the wall has been moved...”

    CBÉS 0661

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  20. St Brigid's Stream

    CBÉS 0661

    Patrick Brennan

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