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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. Máire Gaelach

    CBÉS 0310

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  2. (no title)

    “There once lived an old woman name Máire Uí h-Ualacháin.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Eileen Mc Carthy

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  3. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0322

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  4. A Story - The Whisperer

    CBÉS 0356

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  5. Stories

    CBÉS 0372

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  6. The Newmans - Dromore, Mallow

    CBÉS 0372

    Cornelius O' Flynn, Pádraig Ó Cuinneagáin

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  7. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0372

    Liam Ó Lombárd

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  8. Piseoga - Scéal Eile

    CBÉS 0372

    Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Tomás Ó Conaill

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  9. Piseoga - Scéal Eile

    CBÉS 0372

    Tomás Ó Conaill

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  10. (no title)

    “Long ago near Fermoy, in a castle, lived a man with his wife and only son.”

    CBÉS 0375

    Anna Caplice, Mr John Caplice

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  11. How Lisnagourneen got Its Name

    CBÉS 0375

    Mr John Burke, Patricia Burke

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  12. A Story

    CBÉS 0375

    Margaret Shinnick, Mr David O' Keeffe

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  13. The Fuel of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0375

    Mary Mac Donald, Mrs Mc Donald

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  14. Pishogues

    CBÉS 0375

    Christina Mc Grath, John Mc Grath

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  15. A Story

    CBÉS 0401

    Patrick King

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    “Some years ago there lived an old woman near the village of Athea.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mary Hegarty, Peg Barry

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    “At one time there were three tailors and an old woman living together in the hill road in a small house.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Brian Mulvihill, Tim Leahy

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  18. Queer Characters

    CBÉS 0406

    J. O Connor

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  19. Queer Characters

    CBÉS 0406

    Eileen Brosnan

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  20. Queer Characters

    CBÉS 0406

    Máire Lyons

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