DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428304
title: Niall Mór

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Niall Mór (school) (Killybegs, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher B. Mac Niallghuis.
description: Taibhseanna / Murainis, Caitlín Ní -- Ghost Story / Parris, Philomena -- Ghost Story / Boyle, Patrick -- Ghost Story / Doherty, Terence O -- Ghost Story / Murrin, John -- Strange Happenings on All Souls' Night / Molloy, Moira -- Strange Happenings on Halloween / Donnell, Hugh O -- Ghost Story / Murrin, Katie -- Strange Happening on the Night of the Dead / Parris, Philomena -- Strange Happening on the Night of the Dead / Dowds, Mary -- Strange Happening on the Night of the Dead / Cunningham, Mary F. -- Ghost Story / Cahill, Peg Mc -- Ghost Story / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Sióga / Phárra, Philoména Ní -- One night long ago my father went out to sling cocks of hay because the night being very stormy he was afraid that they would be scattered by the wind. / Boyle, John -- There are many stories told about fairies stealing people and this story is about a young girl who was stolen by them. / Donnell, Mary O -- This is a fairy story said to have happened down in the Rosses. There were two old maids living together in a small house. / Parris, Philomena -- It is said that the fairies were very common in Ireland long ago but no one ever sees one now. Not very long ago fairies were heard in Ballysaggart some miles from Killybegs. / Gallagher, Sarah -- Some people say there are no such things as fairies others say there are. I heard this story about the fairies. There was a man once and he had a small farm. / Flood, Alice -- On Halloweve many tricks are played on some people. Last Halloweve a crowd of young boys went up to tie a door and try to keep the people in from mass next morning for next morning was All Souls' Day. / Boyle, John -- There was a little girl one time. One evening she went out to take in the cows and she was a very long time out and her people were getting worried about her as it was bed-time. / Molloy, Esther -- There was a girl one time and her parents lived in the country. One night her mother asked her to fetch a pail of water. She at once obeyed and as she came to the well her foot slipped and she fell. / Murrin, Katie -- There was a woman down in Arranmore not very long ago. One night herself and another girl were going to a dance. It was fairly late in the night when they were going. / Cahill, Peg Mc -- Some people say that the month of November is the month during which fairies and spirits are seen most. Here is a story told about a family who lived down in Ardara. / Cahill, Peg Mc -- Many stories are told about the fairies and one of these stories is as follows; Once upon a time there was a man his wife living in St Johns Point. He had very bad luck for a long time. / Dowds, Mary -- Fairy Story / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Fairy Story / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Fairies / Molloy, Moira -- Draíocht / Mhurain, Caitlín Ní -- Long ago there lived a woman and her daughter near this town. They lived in a little house with another woman. One day the woman and her daughter went down to the quay and asked fish from the fishermen. / Murrin, Katie -- Witchcraft / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Once upon a time there was a man who had a very large farm. One day he saw his neighbours cattle in his field, and he went to the field to put them out. / Parris, Celine -- One day a girl went out to gather flowers. When she had a few gathered she heard he mother calling her. She answered back saying "she was coming. / Parris, Celine -- Ghosts / Molloy, Moira -- Story / Molloy, Moira -- Bhí fear na chomhaidhe shíos i Machaire tá fad ó shoin. Lá amháin chuaidh sé ag iasgaireacht fa na carraiceachaibh comhgarach de na h-uaigeachaibh / Dhomhnaill, Máire Ní -- Castlecommon / Donnell, Mary O -- Castlecommon / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- On a hill to the South of the village which was described in the paper last Saturday as the most beautiful village in Ireland stands the ruins of an old castle which like every other old castle has its story. / Molloy, Moira -- Giant's Grave Largynagreana / Parris, Philomena -- Giant's Grave -- Altar Bridge / Donnell, Mary O -- There was an old man named Pat Dowds who lived where his daughter is living now in St Catherine's Road. This old man died at the age of one hundred and two years and it is said that he was the oldest man that died in the parish of Killybegs for the past century. / Molloy, Moira -- Story / Molloy, Moira -- Witchcraft / Molloy, Moira -- Story / Molloy, Moira -- Hidden Treasures / Gallagher, Sarah -- Some people are very lucky in finding things underground. This is the story of a little boy who had luck like this. / Parris, Celine -- There was a man living down in Maghara in the parish of Ardara long ago. He had a large number of cattle and among them was a white bull. / Cahill, Peg Mc -- There was a man living down in the Rosses once and on one occasion there was a friend of his dead. So in the evening he dressed himself up and away he went to the wake. / Donnell, Mary O -- There is an old house in Fintra outside of Killybegs and it is said that it belonged to the danes of long ago. It is believed that one day a man was cleaning the windows and that his brother, who was watching him, threw a large board at him and knocked him down dead. / Gallagher, Sarah -- One time a man and his wife lived in a big house about 3 miles from Killybegs in the townland of Commons. He was a protestant but his wife was a catholic. / Parris, Joe -- One time there lived a minister in Killybegs. He was a wealthy man and he had a good many servants. / Donnell, Hugh O -- Long ago a man and his son were living in a house half ways between Killybegs and Ardara. The father was a terrible drunkard and was always cursing and swearing. / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Long ago there lived in Killybegs a man named McGarrigle. His son owned a shop on the Main Street. He was suffering from loss of memory. / Parris, Celine -- Once upon a time there lived a man who was a great miser. He never gave anything to charity and it is believed that he would go on hunger-strike for days and even weeks in order to save his money. / Cunningham, Joan -- Headstone / Molloy, Moira -- Saint Catherine's Well / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Saint Catherine's Well / Murrin, Katie -- Old Pat Dowds / Donnell, Hugh O -- Aged Ship's Log Book / Parris, Philomena -- Folklore / Parris, Philomena -- Gentle Places / Molloy, Moira -- Gentle Spot / Cahill, Kathleen Mc -- Fairies / Cahill, Peg Mc -- Gentle Place / Donnell, Michael O -- Gentle Place / Gallagher, Sarah -- Fairies / Molloy, Moira -- Story / Molloy, Moira -- Composition / Ward, Joseph -- Halloween Tricks / Donnell, Michael O -- Halloween Tricks / Cahill, Peg Mc -- Strange Happenings on Halloween Night / Flood, Alice -- Happenings on Halloween / Parris, Celine -- Bruckless Drowning / Murrin, Katie -- Bruckless Drowning / Parris, Joe
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.