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“About ninety years ago the Raes were the landlords of the lands of each side of Derrymore river.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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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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“On Whit Monday, 22nd July 1893, a disaster occurred at Camp Bridge on the Tralee and Dingle Railway.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In the year of the Treaty 1921 a train left Tralee with a crowd of people to attend the anniversary of Thomas Ashe's death.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About forty years ago all the poor people of Derrymore and Clasheen got score ground from the farmers of the place.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Mrs Thomas O' Sulllivan
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“About thirty five years ago a single engine left Tralee for Dingle on a trial run.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“On the 19th February, 1921Commander Michael Mc Elligott 6th Battalion IRA was killed in action...”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About twenty five years ago a train left Tralee at six o clock in the morning for Dingle.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In olden times the people travelled the old Tralee to Dingle road on horseback.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“Christmas is a time of great joy and feasting.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In Cathar Cun Rí in the Slíabh Mis mountains there are the rins of Fionn Mac Cumhail's castle.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“There are the ruins of an ancient church between Tom Sullivan's and Quirkes's farms.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In the lands of Julia Quirke in Derrymore there are the remains of an old fort.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In the lands of Martin Sayers at Derrymore there are the ruins of an ancient fort.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Martin Sayer
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“Long ago there lived a man in Derrymore.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About sixty years ago there lived a man named Lenihan in a little thatched house in a field called "Móinfhéar Mór" in Derrymore West.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“In the year 1910 the Railway Company got the railway line removed from the Curra Dubh bridge to a new one father in from the road.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About thirty years ago Major Chute lived at Glenfield in Camp.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“Long ago there lived a tailor in Derrymore.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“Sir Edward Denny was a landlord living in England.”
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Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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“About twenty-five years ago a man named Mike Mahoney from Inch went to bu cattle at Dingle Fair.”
CBÉS 0432
Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan
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