The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. The Man that Ran to Ennis in Three Hours

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    John Purtill, Joseph Fahy

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  2. The Old Schools of Moyasta

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    Martin Hicky, Stephen Galvin

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  3. The Old School of Moyasta

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    William Carey

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  4. How Moyasta Got It's Name

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    Thomas Carey, William Carey

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  5. The Cailleach of Bealaha

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    Michael Purtill

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  6. The Cill Bheag

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    Patrick O' Dea, William Carey

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  7. Old Customs and Beliefs

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    Lourde Haugh, Michael Mahony

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  8. The Eviction of Tom Bermingham of Moyasta

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    Joseph Fahy, Michael Purtill

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  9. How Earl Strand Got It's Name

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    Joseph Fahy, Michael Purtill

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  10. The Eviction of Pat McGrath, Moyasta July 1888

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    Michael Mahoney, Stephen Galvin

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  11. The West Clare Evictions, July 1888

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  12. Customs on St Martin's Eve

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    William Carey

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  13. St Martin's Well in Querrin

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    Con Whelan, Tom Whelan

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  14. St Martin's Blood

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    Lourde Haugn, Michael Mahony

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  15. Pat McGrath's Eviction September 1888

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    Mr Thomas O' Connor, P. Prendergast

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    The following account deals with the period just after the famine, and comes from Kilboha, Loop Head Co. Clare.

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    Mr Michael Gibson, P. Prendergast

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  17. The Thirteen Questions Proposed by Henry Keane

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    Mr M. Gibson, P. Prendergast

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    A childless couple in the neighbourhood of the Mission school owned a very small and miserable holding.

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    Patrick Prendergast, Tom Casey

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  19. The Kilballyowen Soiree

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