DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4583295
title: Cill Tártáin

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cill Tártáin (school) (Kiltartan, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh.
description: Strong Giant / Smyth, Patrick -- Robber / Nolan, Tom -- Jack the Giant Killer / Smyth, Patrick -- Giant With the One Eye / Smyth, Patrick -- Lucky Dream / Nevin, Thomas Mc -- Wise Fool / Smyth, Patrick -- Rolling Giants / Corbett, James -- Lucky Woman / Mulleeney, Patrick -- Three Fools / Nevin, Thomas Mc -- Magic Sword / Smyth, Patrick -- Cute Rogue / Smyth, Patrick -- Seven at a Blow / Nolan, Patrick -- Work Away Stick / Corbett, Jimmy -- Local Cures / , Children in the School District -- Riddles / , Children in the School District -- Holy Wells - Tobar Sleamhnán / Smyth, Patrick -- St Colman's Well / Smyth, Patrick -- How Rounds Are Done at St Colman's Well -- Cure at St Colman's Well / Mulleeney, Patrick -- Festival Customs - St Martin's Day / Mulleeney, Patrick -- Festival Customs - St John's Eve / Shaughnessy, Vincent O' -- Festival Customs / Tannian, Joe -- Festival Customs - May Day / Smyth, Patrick -- Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day / Deely, Frank -- Games I Play - In Goes She / Nolan, Tom -- Games I Play / Nolan, Patrick -- Games I Play - The Ring / Smyth, Patrick -- Games I Play - Hurley, Burley / Corbett, James -- Games I Play - Blind Man's Buff / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Games I Play - The Clucking Hen / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Local Beliefs / , Children in the School District -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / , Children in the School District -- Place Names - Páirc Gharbh / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Place Names - Poll a' Chapaill / Lynch, Patrick -- Place Names - Páirc na Marbh / Smyth, Patrick -- Place Names - The Caochaigh / Gillane, Mr Jack -- Place Names - Poll na Céarta / Healy, Nora -- Place Names - Poll an Aifrinn / Tannian, Nuala -- Place Names - Tobar Nuala / Curley, Joseph -- Herbs / , Children in the School District -- St Mac Duagh - Birth / Nevin, Thomas Mc / Nolan, Patrick -- St Mac Duagh - His Boyhood -- St Mac Duagh - Footprints of the Saint -- St Colman in Aran / Tuathaigh, Micheál Ó -- St Colman in Burren / Nolan, Patrick -- Bóthar na Mias / Neilan, Patrick -- St Colman Bishop -- Travelling Folk - Jack Hayes / Connor, Matthew O' -- Travelling Folk - Johnny the Rag Man / Nolan, Patrick -- Travelling Folk - Pat Moore / Tannian, Mary -- Travelling Folk - Dolleen Higgins / Nolan, Tom -- Travelling Folk - The Donovans / Mullaney, Patrick -- Proverbs / Keely, Delia -- Proverbs / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Proverbs / Curley, Joe -- Old Graveyards - Lisín / Deely, Frank -- Old Graveyards - Kiltartan / Mullaney, Patrick -- Local Ruins - Ruined Church at Corker / Fahey, John -- Local Ruins - St Attracta's Church -- Local Ruins - Castletown Castle -- Local Ruins - Ballylee Castle -- Homemade Toys - A Fob Gun / Nolan, Patrick -- Homemade Toys - Bird Traps / Nevin, Thomas Mc -- Homemade Toys - Spinning Tops / Melville, Malachy -- Homemade Toys - Rabbit Snares / Moran, Michael -- Homemade Toys - Daisy Chains / Tannion, Nuala -- Churning / Smyth, Patrick -- Potato Crop - Sowing the Potatoes / Connor, Matthew O' -- Potato Crop - Kinds of Potatoes / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Potato Crop - Care of the Growing Crop / Nolan, Tom -- Potato Crop - Digging the Potatoes / Nolan, Patrick -- Potato Crop - A Potato Cake / Kelly, Delia -- Severe Weather - Snowstorm 17 March 1868 / Nolan, Patrick -- Severe Weather - A Storm, February 1903 / Tannian, Nuala -- Severe Weather - A Snowstorm 5 February 1932 / Tannian, Mary -- Severe Weather - A Stormy Night 3 October 1938 / Keely, Delia -- Local Landlord - The Family Residence -- Local Landlord - Lady Gregory -- Local Landlord - Coole Mansion Derelict -- My Home District - Farm Animals -- My Home District - Tillage -- My Home District - Derelict Mills -- My Home District - Fruit -- My Home District - Tomatoes -- My Home District - Houses -- My Home District -- Food in Olden Times / Moran, Michael -- Fairy Forts - John Spelman's Land, Glenbrack / Loughlin, Mary O' -- Fort in Glenbrack / Nevin, Thomas Mc -- Fort in Castletown / Lally, Colman -- Another Fort (A Cathair) in Castletown / Mullaney, Patrick -- Lissatunna Forts / Tannian, Joe -- Newtown Forts / Shaughnessy, Vincent O' -- Corker Forts / Donohue, John -- Irish Words and Phrases Used by Purely English Speakers in the Locality / , Children in the School District -- Kiltartain Fair / Noone, Thomas -- Shoes in Olden Times - Clogs / Connor, Matthew O' -- Shoes in Olden Times - Clogs / Connor, William O' -- Boots in Olden Times / Nolan, Tom -- Local Heroes / Connor, William O' -- Local Heroes - The Quinn Brothers (Hurlers) -- Black and Tan Atrocity / Tuathaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Noted Violinist / Mullaney, Patrick -- Strong Man / Connors, Matthew -- Old Crafts - Candlemaking / Nolan, Tom -- Lime-Kilns / Keely, Delia -- Cooper / Fahy, Thomas -- Chair-Making / Williams, John -- Handweaving / Shaughnessy, Vincent O' -- Jack Forde the Weaver / Mullaney, Patrick -- Story about the Old Church in Corker / Nolan, Tom -- Local Thatchers still Living / Lally, Colman -- Local Dancers / Tuathaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Basket Making / Mullaney, Patrick
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.