DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922081
title: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (school) (Doon, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Regis.
description: Doon / Darcy, Josie -- Church, Monastery, Convent and Schools -- Local Songs / Riain, Máire Ní -- Land War / Conway, Mary -- 'Twas well I remember, twas Nicholas night, ¶ To a hearty good supper they did me invite... / Darcy, Josie -- Kilcommon My Home -- Doheny / Power, Delia -- Newport Town / Ryan, Cissie -- Road between Newport and Ray -- Tipperary / Power, Delia -- Black and Tans / Power, Delia -- Poem Written after Sansfield's Successful Ride to Ballyneety -- Cassidy's Cow / Ryan, Peggie -- One night as the cocks they were crowing, ¶ A loud knocking came to my door... / Airsigh, Siobhan D' -- Poor Blind Sheehan and the Glen on Aherlow / Birrane, Mina -- Emigrant's Farewell -- Where the Mulcair River Flows -- Ballad of Bansha -- Local Song Regarding Anglo-Irish War / Dea, Biddy O' -- Local Song Regarding Land War -- Local Stream -- Land War / Maher, Peggie -- Tipperary Far Away / Ryan, Mary -- Lovely Cappawhite / Ryan, Mary -- Local Poem - Curreeny / Harrington, Lizzie -- Down by the old mills, ¶ Where the waters loudly splash... / Harrington, Lizzie -- Mountain Stream / Harrington, Lizzie -- One day in May, I rode a gray, ¶ To sweet Tipperary races. / Birrane, Mina -- Old Sayings -- Old Churn -- Riddles -- Local Heroes / Birrane, Mina -- Father Sheehy / Birrane, Teresa -- Seán Treacy and Dan Breen / Birrane, Teresa -- Sarsfield / Birrane, Teresa -- Potato Crop / Dea, Bridget O' -- Local Forges / Dea, Bridget O' -- Potatoes / Harrington, Lizzie -- Cows / Harrington, Lizzie -- Fowl / Harrington, Lizzie -- Potato-Lore / Maher, Kathleen -- Riddles -- Local Heroes / Guerin, Mary -- Happenings on Special Festivals / Fitzgibbon, Alice -- Place Names and Their Meanings / Guerin, Mary -- Story of the Penal Days / Guerin, Mary -- One of Ireland's / Guerin, Mary -- Old Ruins / Guerin, Mary -- Signs of the Weather / Guerin, Mary -- Landlordism / Guerin, Mary -- Cat Breacs -- Strange Animal / Ryan, Mary -- Father Hickey's Cow / Ryan, Mary -- Old Cures / Harrington, Lizzie -- Riddles / Ryan, Sheila -- Dundrum - Earl Maud / Ryan, Sheila -- Folklore Tales / Hanley, Kittie -- Ruins of Brittas Castle / Ryan, Peggie -- Good People / Conway, Mary -- Old Story / Conway, Mary -- Local Story / Conway, Mary -- Local Happening / Quirke, Mary -- Local Story -- Wells / Dwyer, Mary O' -- Old Ruin - Coolbaun Castle / Conway, Mary -- Old Ruin - Toomaline House - Doon -- Old Ruin -- Old Ruins / Ryan, Mary -- Old Ruins / Darcy, Alice -- Old Ruin / Maher, Peggie -- Old Ruin / Maher, Kathleen -- Ruins of Abington / Ryan, Peggie -- Bird-Lore / Harrington, Lizzie -- Bird-Lore / Harrington, Lizzie -- Birds -- Games / Maher, K. -- Black Mick - Local Songs
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.