DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008821
title: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (school) (Dundalk, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Br. T. Ó Briain.
description: Cures / Garrity, Seán Mc -- Cures / Coyle, Joe -- Cures / Deane, Kevin -- Cures / Watters, Redmond -- Cures / Mathews, James -- Cures / Quinn, Thomas -- Cures / Hoey, Felix -- Cures / Murphy, Seán -- Cures / Duffy, Paul -- Cures / Dowda, Brendan O -- Cures / Lennon, Thomas -- Cures / Goldrick, Seán Mc -- Cures / Goldrick, William Mc -- Cures / Mulholland, Paddy -- Folklore -- There is a large amount of ruins in Ireland, such as Cuchullain's mound. -- St Brigid's Stream / Goldrick, William Mc -- Donal Darcy of Dublin told me this story. Overlooking the Carlingford Mountains, there is a place called the Long Woman's Grave. / Goldrick, Seán Mc -- Knockbridge -- Church Street / Lennon, Thomas -- There is an ancient quarry three miles outside Dundalk. It is over a hundred feet deep and it contains water. -- Roche Castle / Mulholland, Paddy -- One night an old man told me the following story. "One night an old man came for lodgings to my father's inn." -- Seatown / Dowda, Brendan O -- This is the story of old Galway. It was told to me by my grandfather. -- This is the story as told to me by my grandfather. The story is as follows: / Duffy, Paul -- Headless Coachman / Murphy, Seán -- I heard the following story from my grandmother: ¶ "It is said that down at the Quay in Dundalk there was an old bar. / Hoey, Felix -- One night when I was talking to my father, I asked him how Dowdallshill got its name. -- About three weeks ago I was talking to my father and he told me a story about a house in the country. / Quinn, Thomas -- One night as I was at home with my uncle, I had nothing to do, so I asked him to tell me a story. / Mathews, James -- I was told the following story by a man. "The Wild Goose Lodge is situated on the South side of Ardee. -- Taffaginny's Court / Garrity, Seán Mc -- Fairies -- I was in my grandfather's house one day and he told me the following story. / Watters, Redmond -- A few miles outside Ardee there stands an old church, and on one side, the wall has been moved... -- St Brigid's Stream / Brennan, Patrick -- An old man lives about one mile from Dundalk. His name is Thomas Durnin and he told me the following story. -- Lady Well / Deane, Kevin -- Four hundred yards north of Dundalk Bridge, on the road to Manorhamilton, where the village of Lisdoo stands was once and old fairy fort. / Duffy, Seán -- Brother Bonaventure of the Da La Salle Monastery told me the following story. ¶ "Long ago in Ireland when people believed in fairies / Coyle, Joe -- Weather-Lore - Birds / Cléirigh, Clement O -- Weather-Lore - Birds / Dowde, Brendan O -- Weather-Lore - Animals -- Other Weather-Lore -- Games - Forfeit / Deane, Kevin -- Games - Hide and Go Seek / Coyle, Joe -- Games - Leap Frog / Cuinn, Tomás O -- Games - Iron Tig -- Games - Arrowhead / Watters, Redmond -- Games - Stooping Down Tig / Murchadha, Seán Ó -- Games - Jack, Jack Show the Light -- Games - Ghost in the Well / Mulholland, Paddy -- Games - Passport / Goldrick, William Mc -- Games - Duck -- Superstitions / Lennon, Thomas -- Superstitions / Duffy, Paul -- Supserstitions / Murphy, Seán -- Superstitions / Duffy, Seán -- Superstitions / Goldrick, Seán Mc -- Superstitions / Quinn, Thomas -- Superstitions / Deane, Kevin -- Superstitions / Goldrick, William Mc -- Funny Stories - A Secret Cave / Murphy, Seán -- Funny Stories / Lennon, Thomas -- Funny Stories / Dowda, Brendan O -- Funny Stories / Mulholland, Paddy -- Funny Stories / Hoey, Felix -- Funny Stories / Deane, Kevin -- Funny Stories / Mathews, James -- Funny Stories / Garrity, Seán Mc -- Funny Stories / Watters, Redmond -- Funny Stories / Brennan, Patrick -- Funny Stories / Duffy, Seán -- Funny Stories / Goldrick, Seán Mc -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories
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.