DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4701744
title: Gort an Locha

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gort an Locha (school) (Gortalough, Co. Sligo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Docraigh.
description: Stories / Chorcoráin, Cáit Ní -- Stories / Lillie, Mona -- Stories / Loughlin, Rita Mc -- Stories / Channdúin, Cáit Ní -- Stories / Shannon, Patrick J. -- Stories / Lillie, Ivy -- Stories / Cormick, Rita Mc -- Stories / Candon, Kathleen -- Stories / Reid, Florrie -- Stories / Reid, Florrie -- Riddles / Reid, Florrie -- Riddles / Loughlin, Rita Mc -- Riddles / Lillie, Mona -- Riddles / Candon, Nancy -- Riddles / Lillie, Ivy -- Riddles / Corcoran, Kathleen -- Riddles / Fairbanks, Cecily -- Riddles / Cormack, Rita Mc -- Riddles / Candon, Kathleen -- Local Signs of Weather -- There lived in Limnagh a man named John Mulligan. / Cormack, Rita Mc -- When my grandfather was a young man his parents being at Strandhill a distance of twenty miles at least, he resolved to go and see them. / Cormack, Rita Mc -- There lived in Corradoo a family named Sheridan. / Cormack, Rita Mc -- Many years ago there lived in the townland of Corradoo, a man whose name was James Walsh. / Lillie, Mona -- There lived in Derrygola a man called John Casey. / Lillie, Ivy -- There was once a woman who lived in Derrygola. / Lillie, Mona -- Mrs Meckenzie lived in Corrick. / Lillie, Mona -- Many years ago Michael Farrell was coming from Sligo at a late hour in the night. / Donagh, Timothy Mc -- A long time ago there lived a man in Ballghboy called John Neiphen. / Donagh, Timothy Mc -- Mrs Pye (Mary McGee) walked to Sligo, a distance of nineteen miles and was in Pound Street at eight o' clock in the morning. / Fairbanks, Cecily -- Local Happenings / Candon, Nancy J. -- Local Happenings / Loughlin, Rita Mc -- Local Happenings / Loughlin, Rita Mc -- Local Happenings / Glynn, Margaret Mc -- Local Happenings / Corcoran, Kathleen -- Local Happenings / Lillie, Mona -- Old Schools / Sharkey, Thomas -- Old Schools / Sharkey, Thomas -- Old Schools / Sharkey, Thomas -- Old Schools / Lillie, Mona -- Local Crafts / Lillie, Mona -- Local Crafts / Donagh, Mary Mc -- Local Crafts / Loughlin, Rita Mc -- Local Crafts / Candon, Nancy -- Local Crafts / Lillie, Ivy -- Local Crafts / Keany, Bridie -- Local Marriages / Glynn, Margaret Mc -- Local Marriages / Lillie, Mona -- Penal Times / Sharkey, Thomas -- Penal Days -- Local Place Names -- Bird-Lore -- My Home District -- My Home District - Hollybrook -- Willy Reilly -- Aghanagh -- Bunnadober -- Corradoo -- Carricknahorna -- Cuilsheeghary More -- Carrowkeel -- Lecarrow -- Gortalough -- Ballaghboy -- Limnagh -- Doonaveeragh -- Mountgaffeny -- Cairns -- Ballinafad Castle -- Ruined Church of Aghanagh -- Local Roads - The Red Earl's Road -- Local Roads - The Second Road across the Curlews -- Local Roads - The Third Road -- Local Songs - James Judge -- Local Songs - Lough Arrow's Lovely Beach
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.