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)

    About a quarter of mile to the south of the little town of Woodford, Co. Galway is Derryerag Wood.

    CBÉS 0050

    Patrick Leahy

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  2. Mo Cheantar Féin

    CBÉS 0292

    Mr Jeremiah Leahy, Patrick Leahy

    Garrane, Co. Cork

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  3. Filí an Bhaile

    CBÉS 0292

    Jeremiah Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  4. Ainmhithe na Feirme

    CBÉS 0292

    Jeremiah Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  5. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0293

    Daniel Leahy, Patrick Leahy

    Killeenleagh, Co. Cork

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  6. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0293

    Daniel Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  7. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0293

    Daniel Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  8. The Penal Times

    CBÉS 0293

    Daniel Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  9. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0293

    Daniel Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  10. Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0381

    Patrick Leahy

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  11. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0381

    John Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  12. Landlords

    CBÉS 0381

    John Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  13. Old Songs

    I knew an old thatcher a long time ago.

    CBÉS 0381

    John Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  14. A Story

    Long ago an old man named Fitzgerald lived in West Kerry.

    CBÉS 0412

    Eileen O' Sullivan, Mrs M.B. Brosnan, Patrick Leahy

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  15. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0413

    P. J. Deady, Patrick Leahy

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  16. (no title)

    Joe Twiss a protestant lived in a cottage in Cordal about 3 miles east of Castleisland. In the year 1,882 there was great trouble...

    CBÉS 0445

    Kathleen Leahy, Patrick Leahy

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  17. Folklore

    CBÉS 0492

    Patrick Leahy, Peggy Curtin

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  18. Folklore

    CBÉS 0492

    Patrick Leahy, Peggy Curtin

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  19. (no title)

    There is a well in the parish of Abbeyfeale called Cillíneach well.

    CBÉS 0492

    Kitty Doody, Patrick Leahy

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