DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044596
title: Island Parish

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Island Parish (school) (Ballina, Co. Offaly), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Móráin.
description: Story / Boland, Kathleen -- Story / Boland, Kathleen -- Story / Sammon, John -- Story / Conroy, Nora -- Story / Conroy, Nora -- Story / Donoghue, Clare O' -- Story / Bracken, Richard -- Story / Connolly, Kathleen -- Story / Connolly, Brigid -- Riogála Charraig a' Chobhalta / Bracken, Richard -- Story / Barton, Richard -- Story / Guinan, John -- Story / Guinan, John -- Story / Bracken, Annie -- Story / Donoghue, Clare -- Story / Donoghue, Clare O' -- Story / Hickey, Michael -- Story / Guinan, James -- Story / Kinahan, Patrick -- Song / Bracken, Richard -- Song / Kinahan, Patrick -- Song / Bracken, Annie -- Song / Minnock, Mary -- Song / Hickey, Michael -- Story / Shanley, Kathleen -- Story / Guinan, John -- Story / Grennan, Edward -- Cures / Connolly, Brigid -- Cures / Minnock, Mary -- Cures / Guinan, John -- Cures / Connolly, Kathleen -- Cures / Bracken, Richard -- Song / Shanley, Kathleen -- Song / Connolly, Bridget -- Customs at Wakes / Connolly, Bridget -- Customs at Wakes / Connolly, Bridget -- Customs on St Stephen's Day / Minnock, Molly -- Customs on May Eve / Bracken, Richard -- Customs on Christmas Eve / Butler, Kitty -- Customs on Easter Sunday / Boland, Kathleen -- Matchmaking / Connolly, Brigid -- History of Our Townland / Connolly, Brigid -- My Townland / Bracken, Annie -- History of Kilpatrick / Conroy, Nora -- History of Castletown / Bracken, Richard -- History of the Deerpark / Kinahan, Patrick -- History of Ballycumber / Guinan, John -- Riddles / Guinan, John -- Riddles / Bracken, Kathleen -- Riddles / Connolly, Bridget -- Riddles / Bracken, Richard -- Riddles / Bracken, Annie -- Riddles / Connolly, Kathleen -- Riddles / Boland, Kathleen -- Things That Are Made in the Parish / Bracken, Richard -- Old Schools / Bracken, Richard -- Local Place Names / Bracken, Richard -- Birds That Migrate / Connolly, Bridget -- Local Place Names / Connolly, Kathleen -- Lore of Days / Bracken, Richard -- Famine Period / Connolly, Bridget -- Old Forts / Bracken, Annie -- Old Poets / Connolly, Bridget -- Local Roads / Bracken, Annie -- Mass Paths / Bracken, Annie -- Old Proverbs / Bracken, Annie -- Holy Wells / Connolly, Bridget -- Games We Play / Butler, Kitty -- Weeds / Hickey, Michael -- Potato-Crop / Bracken, Annie -- Potato-Crop / Connolly, Bridget -- Potato-Crop / Bracken, Richard -- Animals on Our Farm / Butler, Kitty -- Churning / Minnock, Mary -- Care of the Feet / Bracken, Richard -- Local Forge / Bracken, Richard -- Stories of the Holy Family / Guinan, John -- Local Tailors / Guinan, John -- Local Fairs / Connolly, Bridget -- Landlords / Minnock, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Connolly, Kathleen -- Hurling and Football Long Ago / Connolly, Bridget -- Local Heroes / Butler, Kitty -- Wounded Greyhound / Connolly, Bridget -- Return Home / Minnock, Mary -- Song / Bracken, Joseph -- Walsh's Ass / Bracken, Kathleen -- Prayer to Be Said When in Bed at Night / Hickey, Michael -- Graveyards / Connolly, Bridget -- Graveyards / Egan, Paddy -- Eviction / Bracken, Dick -- This song was composed by Thomas Hodgins who lived in Castletown. / Hickey, Michael -- Selling and Buying / Connolly, Bridget -- Houses / Connolly, Bridget -- History of the Bawn / Minnock, Mary -- Bean Sí / Butler, Kitty -- Bean Sí / Bracken, Richard
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.