DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4672086
title: Cúige na Mainseár

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cúige na Mainseár (school) (Quignamanger, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Antoine Mac Amhaghladha.
description: Long ago there lived a King named Padraig O'Rogain who ruled over Kerry. / Gowan, James Mc -- Once upon a time there lived two little boys, one named Angus who was the son of a king and the other named Grac, who was the son of a cook. / Gowan, James Mac -- Once upon a time there lived a boy named Cahal and he went against his father's wishes. / Gowan, James Mc -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Enniscrone and his name was O Dowd. / Keane, James -- Once upon a time there lived a prince and he was a great gambler. / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- Once upon a time there was a man and he was two foot and a half high. / Hennigan, Mairead -- Long ago there was a cliff in which gold was hidden. / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- Once upon a time a man named Pat Murphy lived in Lacken. -- Long ago there lived a poor widow who had three sons. / Gowan, James Mc -- Once upon a time there lived a very wicked woman who did not like one of her twin sons just when he was born. / Gowan, James Mc -- In or about the year 1737 the English were trying to capture Rev. Father Owen Cowley. / Melvin, William -- After the rebellion of '98 Father Owen Cowley went one day to a little house. / Devany, Patrick -- Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife and his son and sister. / Newcombe, Patrick -- The boy went back to his father and he lived happily for a while. / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- Once upon a time there lived a strong mand in Co. Mayo and another strong man in Co. Sligo. / Boyle, Nora O' -- Once upon a time there lived a old man and a woman in a little cottage in Farrmorgan. / Boyle, Nora O -- Once upon a time there lived a very poor woman and her son, Jack. / Hennigan, Mairead -- Once upon a time there was a man making poteen in Farrenmorgan. / Boyle, Nora O' -- Long ago there lived three cruel giants. / Reilly, Nellie -- There was once a woman who had three daughters. / Reilly, Nellie -- Once upon a time there was a fisherman and he was never getting any fish when he would go out fishing. -- How the People Lived Long Ago / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- In the three years of the famine all the potatoes and crops were bad each of the three years and there were no potatoes at all. / Nulty, Piaras Mc -- The time of the famine in Ireland the people were starving of hunger for they had no money to buy anything. / Melvin, William -- Famine / Melvin, William -- Night of the Big Wind 1839 / Craig, Anne -- Famine -- Long ago there lived a man and his wife. / Nulty, John Mc -- Scéal / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- Once upon a time there lived an Austrian soldier who left his job and went out as a tramp. / Boyle, Nora O -- Scéal / Niadhóg, Pádraig Ó -- Jack the Bean Stalk and his mother lived in a little cottage. / Nulty, John Mc -- Scéal -- Scéal / Niadhóg, Pádraig -- How Boxty Bread Was Made / Hynes, Josephine -- Riddles / Connor, Nellie -- Riddles / Connor, Nellie -- Riddles / Wynne, John -- Long ago there used to go round the country men named Poor Scholars. / Nulty, John Mc -- Story - An Fear a Bhí Fad ar A Mháthair / Newcombe, Patriick -- Prayer / Newcombe, P.J. -- Cures / Newcombe, P.J. -- Cures / Keane, Irene -- Cures / Keane, Irene -- Cures / Rushe, Nancy -- Weather-Lore
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.