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)

    Some people never call the land around the school anything but 'Móin an Ruadh' because it used be said that in the bogs which are numerous around there...

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  2. (no title)

    There are many places and fields around this locality called queer names.

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  3. (no title)

    There are eight or ten acres of glebe land in Killahan which one time belonged to the monks of Killahan Church.

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  4. (no title)

    The townland bounding Killahan on the west is Ballymacaquim.

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  5. (no title)

    One day a man living in Killahan went drawing stones from a fort.

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  6. (no title)

    Once there was a great feast held in Ballymacaquim Castle.

    CBÉS 0413

    Duggan

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  7. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0413

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  8. (no title)

    There is a field in James Behane's farm called the Fort field, because there is a big fort in it.

    CBÉS 0413

    Mr Murphy

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  9. (no title)

    There is a well in John Connor's field at Ahamore called the biolar.

    CBÉS 0413

    Mr Murphy

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  10. (no title)

    It is said that Loughlin O' Doolin was the name of the head friar in Killahan Church, up to the time that the monks had to leave it.

    CBÉS 0413

    Mr Murphy

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  11. (no title)

    It is supposed that the Banshee follows two families in this townland...

    CBÉS 0413

    Mr Murphy

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  12. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0413

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  13. Song

    Ye all knew Sean Foran who lived at Shrownourd

    CBÉS 0413

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  14. (no title)

    The old people say that there was a "hedge school" near where Maurice Allen now lives...

    CBÉS 0413

    J. Edwards

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  15. (no title)

    About thirty or forty years ago, two men, Mr. Behan and Mr. Cartillon, both natives of Ballymacaquim, were returning from a funeral.

    CBÉS 0413

    R. Mc Carthy

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  16. (no title)

    Many years ago, eight men were playing cards at Hurleys' in Abbeydorney.

    CBÉS 0413

    R. Mc Carthy

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  17. (no title)

    There was a servant boy working in a farmer's house in Ahamore once...

    CBÉS 0413

    R. Mc Carthy

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  18. Nicknames

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  19. Ainmneacha Páirc

    CBÉS 0413

    Cill Laithín, Co. Chiarraí

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  20. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0413

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