DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4811603
title: Oileán Baoi (Dursey)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (school) (Dursey Island, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin.
description: Clochán Uí Chrónacháin -- Spor Fhaill Chuttin / Dhuinneacha, N. Ní -- Leanbhaí á bhFuadach ón Oileán / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- B'fhéidir gur mar sin Féinig É / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Scriosadóir Tíreach / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Loitfir an Inid orm / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Bád Sí at the Bull Rock / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Is Maith an Bia í an Chaora Dhubh / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Bac an Challéig (Callshaoth) -- Stopaidh Mé a Bhuachaillí / Duinneacha, Connchubhar Ó -- Mhurúch / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Seana-Bhoy -- Íosa agus A Mháthair ag Siúl rompu / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Duine agus an Sprid / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Protestant in Allihies / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Suas go rabhair, agus do chlann críona... -- Storm which Knocked Lighthouse on Calf Rock / Loinsig, Mícheál Ó -- Máire Ní Mhurcadha -- Is is said that there is nothing between the dead and the living but a Sgamall Draoidheachta. -- Coileach sa Chúb -- Cock Supposed to Protect the House / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Coileach a Fuair Bás ag Cosaint an Tí / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Cock that Died in Baile an Chalaidh Keeping Off the White Dogs / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Jim Leary's Horse Runs Away from Seven White Dogs / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Máire Ní Mhurchadha / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- The Three Most Airy Places in Oileán Baoi / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Seana-Thadhg na Cásca and the Bac he took in Faill Bhrád Theas / Duinneacha, Conchubhar Ó -- Young Man From Rinn Troisc Who Used be Long with 'Them' / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Seán Rua Astray on the Hill / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Teampall Chill an Mumhan / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- More Information about the Knocking of the Half Rock / Loinsigh, Mícheál Ó -- Ná Bris Acht agus Ná Dein Acht -- Saor Bád a Bhí i dTig Lice Finne / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Tháinig fear siubhail bocht isteach go Oileán Baoi fadó... -- Priest Cures Ferryman's Thumb / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Bhí reatha aca as seanchaidheacht i dtig thoir i mBailin Chalaidh... -- How Peadar Thaidhg Got Confirmed / Duinneacha, C. Ó -- Am Marbh na hOíche / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Dead Man off Crow Head / Loinsig, Mícheál Ó -- Sean-Pheadar Ó Laoghaire Lá Bealtaine / Loinsig, Mícheál Ó -- Dónal Pheadair and the Hen -- Man from Baile an Chalaidh who Saw his Brother in Boat when Net-Fishing / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Fear a Bhí ag Cur an Choirce i bhFaill Bomaillín Lá Fhéile Gobnait -- Fishing off Bothallach St John's Day / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Stoirmeacha go Minic ar Lá Shan Seáin / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Electric Fish / Duinneacha, Connchubhar Ó -- Auger Fish / Duinneacha, Connchubhar Ó -- Monkey Ling / Duinneacha, Connchubhar Ó -- Nollaig / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Ball of Súgáns that Rolled Down from Fálae / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Dead Man Carrying Seine Sunday Evening / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Fear a Iompaigh an tUisce as Tiobraid isteach in a Pháirc / Dhuinneacha, Nóra Ní -- Lic Cháisc / Úrdail, Seán Ó h -- Pressing Men / Úrdail, Seán Ó h -- Rimmy Leary Clifted Picking Mil Ghobhairins in Faill Mhuirinn / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- Michael Hayes / Úrdail, Seán Ó h -- Pete Harrington - Mayor of Butte City / Urdaill, Seán Ó h -- Ar Chasadh na Stiúrach go gCastar a Tonn Ort / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- Biggest Wonder Tade Fionn Ever Saw / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- Mermaid Outside Tráigín / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- Sean-Thadhg Meets Man Clifted in Faill Mhuirinn / Úrdail, Seán Ó h -- Walking Pigs from Dursey to Cork / Úrdail, Seán Ó h -- Bottle of Brandy for Bottle of Milk from French Boat / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- Boat of Bacs and Dales Lost in Faill an Ghalláin / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- Sinking of The Rio at Oileán Aolbhach / Urdaill, Seán Ó h -- Killing of Crowing Hens / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- 'An Tú Párthaláin?' / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- French Schooner Wrecked near Oileán na Naomh / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- Mhuc a Chuaigh sa Taoide i Scoil san Oíche / Úrdaill, Seán Ó h -- Sean-Thadhg's Horse Swims Dursey Found with Spancel on Her / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- Tabharthas a Thug Feoras go Baoi / Urdaill, Seán Ó h -- Fox that was Clifted near Carraig Fhiachna / Urdaill, Seán Ó h -- Whale they Towed into Poll Bítheoige / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- 'My Life on You, Leary' -- 'What a Short Time We Got After the Others!' / Dudly, James -- Seana-Thadhg Sees Bád Sí Coming into Lic -- "If You Might Leave then Alone" -- Funeral Near Dunboy -- Weather Signs by the People -- What the Man Going to the Fair Saw / Dudley, James -- Steamer that Came North Down from the Tower -- Light at Faill Mhiníochtain / Dudly, James -- Bád Sí in Poll Bitheoige / Súilleabháin, Séamus D. Ó -- Bád Sí in Béal Átha Bó / Dudley, James -- Ball of Light the Lobster Men Saw / Dudley, James -- Horse that Came up from Maoil Bheag -- Bac They Took near the Scairbh / Súilleabháin, Séamus D. Ó -- Man that Pulled the Punt to Lic from the Scairbh / Dudley, James -- Peats Mór Carries Four Cwt of Salt up the Slat of Lic -- Piece of a Boat they Took near Spur / Dudley, James -- Owen Spoils the Hickery Bac / Dudley, James -- Colt that Followed Tade Leary -- Old Woman the Youngsters Saw in Baile an Chalaidh -- There was an old man names Dudley who owned a shop in Garnish... / Dudley, James -- When going to the fairs people used often see a hound... -- Seiner the Dog was Following / Súilleabháin, Seamus D. Ó -- Fairies Come into House in Cill Mhichíl -- Eachtra a Tharla do J.D. -- Geit a Bhain Peats Mór as na Learys -- Devil is in the Basket / Dudley, James -- Nothing up but the Horns -- Light Keepers and Crew Lost at Landing on Calf Rock / Dudley, James -- Cuinnleán and Máire Kerry / Dudley, James -- Man That Overlooked the Horse -- Bóther Bó Gáilon -- Coiscéim Coilligh -- Attempt Paddy Lowney's Grandmother Made to Go to America / Dudley, James -- Lobster Fishing at the Bull Rock / Dudley, James -- Wire The Stoker Sent
description: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.