DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009157
title: Cluainteach

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cluainteach (school) (Cloontagh, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Mhic Garaidh.
description: Charms and Prayers and Cures - For Taking Out a Thorn / Cliontún, Tomás -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - For Taking Out a Thorn / Búrca, Páid De -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - For Taking Out a Thorn / Cuinn, Mícheál Ó -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - For Taking Out a Thorn / Abheatha, Seán Mac -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - Prayer for Stopping Blood / Cliontún, Tomás -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - Prayer for Stopping Blood / Breathnach, C. -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - Charm to Stop the Blood / Abheatha, Sean Mac -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for a Wart -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for Ringworm / Dubhthaigh, Mícheal Ó -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for Warts / Oscair, Seán Mac -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for the Sting of a Nettle -- Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for Pimples and Cuts / Cliontún, Thomás Mac -- Signs -- Crafts / Gríobhtha, G. Ó -- Crafts / Mainnín, Páid -- Crafts / Cliontún, T. -- Crafts / Búrca, P. De -- Crafts / Cliontún, Tomás Mac -- Crafts / Beirn, Seosamh Ó -- Riddles / Búrca, Páid De -- Riddles / Abheatha, Seán Mac -- Riddles / Droma, Mel Ó -- Riddles / Gríobhtha, Seán Ó -- Riddles / Seanlaoich, Seosamh Mac -- Riddles / Anfaidh, G. Ó h -- Riddles / Cionnaith, M. Ó -- Riddles / Cliontún, T. -- Riddles / Cuinn, M. Ó -- Riddles / Droma, M. Ó -- Riddles / Abheatha, S. Mac -- Riddles / Eilgheas, M. Ó -- Riddles / Hanafee, G. -- Riddles / Droma, M. Ó -- Riddles -- Holy Wells / Oscair, P. Mac -- Holy Wells / Dubhthaigh, M. Ó -- Holy Wells / Gharaidh, P. Mac -- Holy Wells / Droma, M. Ó -- Holy Wells / Eaghra, S. Ó h- -- Holy Wells / Anfaidh, G. Ó h- -- Holy Wells / Mannín, S. Ó -- Holy Wells -- Holy Wells / Eaghra, M. Ó h- -- Holy Wells / Pronntaigh, T. Ó -- When St Patrick was preaching the faith to the Irish people he passed through a place now called Aughnamada... / Eaghra, S. Ó h- -- Old Ruin -- Weather Signs / Mannín, Páid -- Weather Signs / Pronntaigh, Séamus Ó -- Weather Signs - Rain / Gríobhtha, G. Ó -- Weather Signs - Frost / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- Weather Signs - Signs of Rain / Beirn, S. Ó -- Weather Sign / Eoin, R. Mac -- Weather Signs / Búrca, P. De -- Weather Signs / Mannín, P. -- marriage Customs / Mannín, Páid -- Marriage Customs / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Funeral Customs etc -- Stories / Beirn, Seosamh Ó -- Stories / Beirn, Seosamh Ó -- Stories / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Oscair, Seán Mac -- Hidden Treasure / Mainnín, Páid -- Hidden Treasure / Mainnín, P. -- Funny Stories / Mainnín, P. -- Funny Stories / Mainnín, Páid -- Dwelling Houses - Prucklish 1938 / Burke, P. -- Dwelling Houses - Breanrisk 1938 / Prunty, J. -- Dwelling Houses - Cloonellan 1938 / Manning, P. -- Dwelling Houses - Leitrim 1938 / Dubhthaigh, M. Ó -- Dwelling Houses - Newtownforbes 1938 / Dooris, P. -- Dwelling Houses - Aughaboy -- Dwelling Houses - Dereen (Dereen -na - cruit) 1938 / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Dwelling Houses - Cloontubrid 1938 / Pronntaigh, Tomás Ó -- House Dwellings - Briskill Bridge 1938 / Abheatha, Seoirse Mac -- House Dwellings - Cloonteagh 1938 / Eoin, Liam Mac -- House Dwellings - Currygranny 1938 / Brún, Seán T. -- Leipreachán / Mainnín, P. -- Leipreachán / Brún, S. T. -- Leipreachán / Maolacháin, P. Ó -- Leipreachán / Gríobhtha, G. Ó -- Leipreachán / Anfaidh, S. Ó h- -- There are many kinds of forts in this district. / Gharaidh, P. Mac -- There is an old fort situated in Bawn ina field owned by T. Devine. / Oscair, S. Mac -- The nearest fort to me is situated in Ned Donnelly's field. / Cionnaith, M. Ó -- There are many old forts to be seen through this neighbourhood. / Búrca, P. De -- The nearest old castle to me is situated in Bawn, a townland in the Parish of Killoe. / Cionnaith, M. Ó -- Ghost Stories / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Ghost Stories / Anfaidh, S. Ó h- -- Ghost Stories / Garaidh, Páid Mac -- Scéalta / Droma, M. Ó -- Scéalta / Hanafee, G. -- Scéalta / Seanlaoich, S. Mac -- Scéalta / Droma, M. Ó -- Scéalta / Droma, M. Ó -- Scéalta / Casarlaigh, S. Mac -- Scéalta / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- Scéalta / Dubhthaigh, M. Ó -- Scéalta / Mainnín, P. Ó -- Scéalta / Pronntaigh, Tomás Ó -- Scéalta / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Scéalta / Búrca, T. De -- Scéalta / Reilly, Frank -- Scéalta / Reilly, Frank -- Local Roads / Pronntaigh, Séamus Ó -- Local Roads / Dubhthaigh, Mícheal Ó -- Local Roads / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- Local Roads / Oscair, Seán Mac -- Local Roads / Brún, Seán T. -- Local Roads / Búrca, P. De -- Local Roads / Garaidh, Paid Mac -- My Home District / Cliontúin, Tomás Mac -- My Home District / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- My Home District / Pronntaigh, Séamus Ó -- My Home District / Catháin, Olibhéar Ó -- My Home District / Búrca, Pádraig De -- My Home District / Seanlaoich, Séamus Mac -- My Home District / Garraidh, Padhraig Mac -- My Home District / Oscair, Seán Mac -- My Home District / Brún, Seán T. -- My Home District / Anfaidh, Séamus Ó h- -- My Home District / Dubhthaigh, Mícheal Ó -- Travelling Folk / Pronntaigh, Séamus Ó -- Travelling Folk / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- Travelling Folk / Oscair, Séan Mac -- Travelling Folk / Pronntaigh, Tomás Ó -- Travelling Folk / Gríobhtha, Alasdar Ó -- Travelling Folk / Garraidh, Páid Mac -- Travelling Folk / Búrca, P. De -- Travelling Folk / Bhéatha, Séamus Mac a -- Proverbs / Gríobhtha, Gearóid Ó -- Proverbs / Brún, S. T. -- Proverbs / Búrca, Páid De -- Proverbs / Gríobhtha, Alasdar Ó -- Names of Fields / Mainnín, Páid -- Names of Fields / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Names of Fields / Oscair, Seán Mac -- Names of Fields / Gríobhtha, G. Ó -- Names of Fields / Dubhthaigh, M. Ó -- Names of Fields / Beirn, L. Ó -- Names of Fields / Abheatha, S. Mac -- Names of Fields / Casarlaigh, S. Mac -- Bread / Abheatha, S. Mac -- Bread / Dubhthaigh, M. Ó -- Bread / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Cows and Milking Things Noted / Prunty, Thomas -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Bheatha, Séamus Mac A -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Brún, Seán T. -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Mannín, Páid -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Gríobhtha, G. Ó -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Pronntaigh, S. Ó -- Houses that Have Disappeared / Pronntaigh, T. Ó -- Forms of Expression Founded in Gaelic in Use in the School Area
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.