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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. Holy Wells - St Iban's Well

    CBÉS 0924

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  2. Holy Wells - St Brigid's Well

    CBÉS 0924

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  3. Holy Wells - St Mary's

    CBÉS 0924

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  4. The Fair of Benogue - A Hiring Fair for Fishermen

    CBÉS 0924

    Thomas Kavanagh

    Bawnoge, Co. Wicklow

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  5. Fishing Customs

    CBÉS 0924

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  6. Words and Sayings

    CBÉS 0924

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  7. Local Irish Words or Variants

    CBÉS 0924

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  8. Earl of Ormond to Edmond Cromwell - Copy of Original Grant Dated 1st April 1596

    CBÉS 0924

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  9. Battle of Arklow 1798

    CBÉS 0924

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  10. The Rossiters of Ballymoyle

    CBÉS 0924

    Michael Mullett, William Byrne

    Ballymoyle, Co. Wicklow

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    “One night a man by the name of Holmes was going to his home in....”

    CBÉS 0924

    Kathleen Byrne

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    “The banshee or bow as she is known in parts, is commonly believed in, in most of Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0924

    Elsie Moore

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    “One time a man died near Crookstown. When he was alive he was very fond of smoking a pipe. The night he died the Banshee was heard crying in the fields.”

    CBÉS 0924

    Paddy Doyle

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