DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5162104
title: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar (school) (Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh.
description: Poetry - Carolan's Grave -- Poetry / Conghaile, Máire Ní -- Poetry - My Native Town of Boyle / Carthaigh, Áine Ní -- Poetry - Life / Dhíarmuda, Clár Nic -- Poetry - The Battle of the Yellowford / Mhaolmhuaidh, Máire Ní -- Poetry / Láimhin, Máire Ní -- Matthew Regan was a hedge school master in Oxhill. ... -- Stirabout and Tay / Fhiaich, Críos Ní -- Landlord Ways / Fhianagáin, Seosaimhín Ní -- Ballyfarnon Chapel / Conallán, Tomás Ó -- Emigration / Bhrádaigh, Doireann Ní -- Cottages / Ruairc, Séamus Ó -- Poetry / Díarmuda, Díarmuid Mac -- Riddles / Dhiarmada, Máire Nic -- Riddles / Ghaoithin, Máire Ní -- Riddles / Díarmada, Tomás Mac -- Riddles / Ceallaigh, Micheál Ó -- Riddles / Láimhin, Máire Ní -- Riddles / Carty, Kathleen -- Riddles / Conallán, Tomás Ó -- Riddles / Coiligh, Proinnsias Ó -- Riddles / Rúairc, Séamus Ó -- Riddles / Tighearnáin, Micheál Mac -- Riddles / Leyland, Maureen -- Riddles / Carty, Annie -- Riddles / Dhiarmuda, Cláir Nic -- Riddles / Fhiaich, Críos Ní -- Riddles / Dhíarmuda, Máirín Nic -- Riddles / Brady, Dorothy -- Proverbs / Díarmuda, Páid Mac -- Proverbs / Fhlanagáin, Seosaimhín Ní -- Proverbs / Mhaolmuaidh, Máire Ní -- Proverbs / Dermott, Dermott Mac -- Proverbs / Tighearnáin, Micheál Mac -- Proverbs / Bhrádaigh, Doireann Ní -- Proverbs / Ceallaigh, Micheál Ó -- Proverbs / Dhíarmuda, Máire Nic -- Proverbs / Dhíarmuda, Máirín Nic -- Proverbs / Fhiaich, Crios Ní -- Proverbs / Ruairc, Séamus Ó -- Proverbs / Gaoithin, Máire Ní -- Proverbs / Ghloinn, Nóra Nic -- Proverbs / Charthaigh, Áine Nic -- Proverbs / Ghiolla Fhaoláin, Máirín Nic -- Proverbs / Láimhín, Máire Ní -- Proverbs / Bhrádaigh, Doireann Ní -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes / Chartaigh, Áine Nic -- Local Heroes / Fhiaich, Crios Ní -- Local Heroes / Fhianagán, Seosaimhín Ní -- Local Heroes / Bhrádaigh, Doireann Ní -- Local Heroes / Charthaigh, Eilís Nic -- Local Heroes / Ghloinn, Nóra Nic -- Local Heroes / Mhaolmhuaidh, Máire Ní -- Local Heroes / Ghiolla Fhaoláin, Máirín Nic -- Local Cures -- Marriage Customs -- Food in Olden Times -- Houses Long Ago -- Potato Crop -- Famine / Dermott, M. Mc -- Famine / Bhrádaigh, Doireann Ní -- Long ago people thought that your married life depended on the day you were married. ... / Bruen, Eilís -- Penal Times / Leyland, Maureen -- Penal Times / Dermott, Tomás Mac -- Penal Times / Bhrúin, Eilís Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Ghiolla Fhaoláin, Máirín Nic -- Hidden Treasure / Fhiaich, Crios Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Ghloinn, Nóra Nic -- Hidden Treasure / Ghloinn, Nóra Nic -- Hidden Treasure / Dermott, Tom Mac -- Hidden Treasure / Díarmuda, Diarmuid Mac -- Ghost Stories / Díarmuda, Máirín Nic -- Ghost Stories / Conghaile, Máire Ní -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Townlands -- Landlords -- Landlords -- Landlords -- Landlords / Brady, Dorothy -- Landlords - When Kingston was Boss -- Landlords -- Landlords -- Landlords / Láimhín, Máire Ní -- Water Horse / Brady, Dorothy -- Mermaids / Dhíarmuda, Cláir Nic -- Knockvicar is the name of a townland which means "The Bishop's Hill". ... / Kenna, Matthew Mc -- Near Ardcarne is a field called Usna. ... / Kelly, Kathleen -- In Knockvicar in Mr Healy's field there is a well called "St Patrick's Well". ... / Bruen, Kate -- A place called Mohar, which is situated about five or hundred yards east of Crossna Church, ... / Dermott, Millie Mac -- Tradition tells us that many years ago there lived in Ulster a protestant teacher who turned his pupils into black pigs. ... -- Prayers / Brúin, Eilís Ní -- Poem / Gaoithin, Máire Ní -- Legend of the Lake - Ruin of the Island Flower / Mulhern, Gerald -- With the Blessed Virgin in the Heavenly Sphere / Díarmuda, Tomás Mac -- Swaddlers Tour to Heaven -- Lough Key / Brady, Dorothy -- O'Duffy's Circus / Mac Dermott, Dermott -- On the Hills of Curnagrea / Dermott, Tom Mac -- Cows -- Goats -- Sheep -- Cat -- Hens and Chickens -- Fairies / Brady, Dorothy -- Fairies / Ghiolla Fhaoláin, Máirín Nic -- Fairies / Wynne, Mary Anne -- Fairies / Ghiolla Fhaoláin, Sinéad Nic -- Witch / Dhíarmuda, Máirín Nic -- Industries / Leyland, Maureen
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.