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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Local Songs - Farewell to Boyle

    CBÉS 0235

    Patrick Hynes

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  2. Local Songs - The Roasted Trout in St Patrick's Well

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr Patrick Hynes

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  3. Local Songs - My Native Town of Boyle

    CBÉS 0235

    Esther Coleman, Patrick Hynes

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  4. Local Songs

    “Like a sad strain of bardic music old”

    CBÉS 0235

    Patrick Coleman

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  5. Local Songs

    “Daughter of Mellifont and fair citeaux,”

    CBÉS 0235

    Eithne Mc Laughlin, Patrick J. Coleman

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  6. Local Songs

    “Young men of a true Irish nation, who follow the tricoloured fold”

    CBÉS 0235

    Eithne Mc Laughlin

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  7. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0235

    Eithne Mc Loughlin, Mr P. Chapman

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  8. Old Crafts

    “Basket-making was the chief industry carried on in the district of Keash”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr Cryan

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  9. Old Crafts

    “A very common industry among the people of Corrigeenroe was the making of candles.”

    CBÉS 0235

    Eithne Mc Loughlin, Miss Mc Dermottroe

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  10. Old Crafts

    “The following is a short account of the weaving 'industry.”

    CBÉS 0235

    Annie Bolger

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  11. Local Landlords

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr B. Wynne

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  12. Local Landlords

    “During the reign of James the first of England,”

    CBÉS 0235

    Eithne Mc Loughlin, Mrs Mattimoe

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  13. Local Landlords

    “The King-Harmans held the lands around Boyle”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mrs Mc Laughlin

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  14. Local Landlords

    “In Kilmactranny district the local landlord was Sir Edward Goff”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr Edward Ewings

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  15. Local Landlords

    “In the parish of Keash there was a landlord called Quirke.”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr James Hannon

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  16. Local Landlords

    “The local landlord in Geevagh district was named Keogh.”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr James Hannon

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  17. The Famine

    CBÉS 0235

    Miss Fuery, Mr James Turbitt

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  18. The Famine

    “The "Big Famine" which occurred during the years eighteen forty six and forty seven”

    CBÉS 0235

    Miss M. Kielty

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  19. Place Names

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr J. Turbitt

    Boyle, Co. Roscommon

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  20. Place Names

    “Around the parish of Boyle there are a lot of townlands called after people”

    CBÉS 0235

    Mr T. Tiernan

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