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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. (no title)

    “Long ago there lived in Kilkerrin a man named John Burke.”

    CBÉS 0080

    R. O' Connell, Thomas Gilligan

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  2. Tales without Historical or Material Foundation

    CBÉS 0321

    Tadhg Ó Murcadha

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  3. Story

    CBÉS 0393

    Tomás Mach Giudhir

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  4. An tEiriceach do Tugadh as Ifreann

    CBÉS 0398

    Domhnall Ó Ríogáin, Máire Uí Chonaill

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  5. Story

    CBÉS 0449

    Michael Casey, Pat Barry

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  6. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0463

    Mrs Patrick O' Sullivan, Sheila O' Sullivan

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  7. An File Bocht

    CBÉS 0478

    Dónal De Brún, Donnacha Ó Súilleabháin

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0496

    Annie O' Leary

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  9. Story - The Priest and Lord Clarina

    CBÉS 0499

    John O' Brien, Thomas Broderick

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  10. Elm Hill House

    CBÉS 0501

    Bridie Sheehy

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  11. A Story

    CBÉS 0523

    Mr Keeffe, Thomas O' Brien

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  12. Story

    CBÉS 0525

    Thomas Fitzgerald

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  13. Old Stories

    CBÉS 0552

    Joan Daly, Mrs Mocklier

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  14. (no title)

    “There is a house situated in Turtulla about a half a mile outside Thurles.”

    CBÉS 0553

    Mrs O' Brien

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  15. Stories

    “There was a family one time.”

    CBÉS 0553

    Larry Buckley, Mrs Buckley

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  16. A Local Story

    CBÉS 0554

    Philip Dunne

    Ballysheehan, Co. Tipperary

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  17. Ball's Grove

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

    The Grove, Co. Louth

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  18. (no title)

    “About a hundred years ago there lived in a place called Riverdale near Raharney , Co. Westmeath a Protestan man named Briscoe.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Letty Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  19. The Son of The Earl of Mayo

    CBÉS 0700

    Christy Stapleton

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  20. Bring Back The Spirit

    CBÉS 0700

    Christy Stapleton, Mrs Austin

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