DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742109
title: Kilgobnet (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilgobnet (C.) (school) (Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhoghladha.
description: Story of Páirc an Choirce Churchtown / Doyle, James -- Story of a Fort in Shanna / Sullivan, Hanna -- Maughanastrahane / Sullivan, May -- Our Local Saint - St Gobnet -- Shanacloon -- Killocán / Doyle, James -- Castle Corr / Sullivan, John -- Cnocán Ard Dearg / Foley, Nora -- Cnocán Ard Dearg / Shea, Jeon -- Pattern Fair / Breen, Hanna -- Carraig na Laiche / Sullivan, Hanna -- There is a fort at Breens of Gorsnascarry and one fine beautiful evening they drove the cows in there and left them there for the night. -- Story of Keelnanare / Doyle, Margaret -- Story of Milltown Abbey / Doyle, Margaret -- Story of Ballymalis Castle / Doyle, Margaret -- St Brigid's Cross / Sullivan, May -- Castle Corr / Sullivan, May -- Pattern Fair / Sullivan, May -- St Gobnet's Church / Sullivan, May -- There was a woman living at Churchtown and she was very good to the poor, and gave away all she had. -- Fairy Story / Sullivan, May -- Story of Moonlighters / Doyle, Margaret -- Buying and Selling / Foley, E. -- Tobar na Siabhradh / Sullivan, Eugie -- Páirc na Coinnle / Sullivan, Owen -- There is a big stone in Mike Doona's garden (called Morriss's garden) Cappagh. / Sullivan, Owen -- Páirc an Aifrinn -- Páirc na Cloiche Báine / Griffin, Timothy -- Cnoc na Grafaí / Griffin, Timothy -- There is a valley near Gueliba mountain caled Log na Scuab where heath grows. / Sullivan, Denis -- Oh, had I the lamps of Aladdin or had I his genie also I would rather live poor in the mountains with my cailin deas crúaidte na mbo. / Shea, Patie -- Dress -- Story of Old Mill -- Churchyard -- Flax / Shea, Norah -- Feast Days / Doyle, Margaret -- Funny Story / Foley, E. -- Old Story / Doyle, Margaret -- Customs at Wakes and Funerals -- Customs at Wakes / Sweeney, Bridie -- Funeral Customs / Sullivan, Patrick O -- Customs / Shea, Charles -- Song of a Mermaid -- Story of Farnamanaugh -- Story of Churchtown -- Story of Honeydew -- Gortnascarry Fort / Sullivan, Marie O -- Story of a Killeen / Sullivan, Marie O -- Story of Meanus / Doyle, Margaret -- Story of a House in Shanacloon / Doyle, Margaret -- Fairy Story / Sullivan, Maria O -- Kilgobnet Church / Sullivan, May -- Story of Cooleanig / Coffey, Maryanne -- Story of Ballyledder Fort / Sullivan, May -- A woman went to a funeral one day and she found a man's head made of tin, between two stones. / Sullivan, Owen -- Hedge-Schoolmaster -- Hedge-Schoolmaster -- Hedge-Schoolmaster / Foley, E. -- It is a sign of death to hear a dog crying or a cock crowing, or a cry like a woman or if the top of your finger was blue. -- There is a small garden in Connor's field at Shanara and bells are heard ringing there at 12 o clock at night. / Sullivan, Owen -- Meascán Mearaidhe / Doona, Mike -- A man living in Meanus - Sylvie Shea, used to make all sorts of wooden vessels, jugs, mugs, egg-stands. / Shea, Jem -- Story of the Headless Coach -- Story of a Piper and the Fairies / Shea, Patie -- Cnoc na Leamhna -- Headless Coach -- Old Fairs / Coffey, Mary Anne -- A wet and a windy May fills the barns with oats and hay. -- Wake and Funeral Customs / Foley, E. -- Superstitions and Customs / Foley, E. -- May Day Superstitions -- Piseoga -- Superstitions / Foley, E. -- Landlords -- Parish Priests of Tuogh -- National Teachers -- Bone-Setters -- Hedge-Schoolmasters -- John Philip O Sullivan of Churchtown had charms for toothache, broken bones. -- Haunted House -- Siobhán Hurley was a travelling woman. -- A few lines of a song made about the Churchtown graveyard. -- Stories of Landlords / Kennedy, James -- Cures - Cure of Nine Irons -- Whooping-Cough -- Lung Trouble and Consumption -- Lung Trouble and Consumption -- Kidney Trouble / Foley, John -- Calves withs Worms / Foley, John -- Cure for Sore Eyes -- Cure for a Mattery Sore / Doyle, James -- Whooping-Cough -- Food -- Bread (Indian Meal) / Foley, E. -- Indian Meal Porridge -- Potatoes and Dip / Foley, E. -- Butter / Coffey, Maryanne -- Beggars -- Old Song -- Hurling Match -- Old Cures -- Old Industries - Weaving / Foley, E. -- Old Industries - Weaving -- Galláns -- Fords -- Querns -- Clevys -- Boxes -- List of Old Things in School -- Haunted Places / Doyle, Margaret -- Prayers and Good Wishes / Foley, E. -- Place Names
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.