DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922344
title: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (school) (Kilmaley, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Nóra Ní Asaoid.
description: St Maley -- Ruins -- Pisrogues -- Making Butter -- Diarmuid and Grania while on their flight... -- Uí Chormac was the inheritance of the O'Hehirs. -- Ruling Irish Family or Clan -- At Coor Spa near Ennis in the bed of the Inch river... -- At the west side of the Ennis and Kilrush road about one mile and a half west... -- Northwards the Inch river from Mahonburg bridge... -- Folk Cures for Consumption -- Folk Cures and Charms -- It is not right to meddle with a fort as you may suffer. -- Banshee -- When the Mc Namara's built their house in Tortville, Kilmaley... -- Mermaid -- Mermaid at New Hall / Sheehan, Mary -- Crying is heard before a person dies... -- Legends / Hayes, Pat -- St Joseph's Well Loughburke / Hayes, Pat -- Holy Wells -- The belief that gold was hidden in Ballymacooda has persisted for centuries... -- Bandle Cloth Shirts -- Frieze -- Oíche Fhéile Bríde -- The Church in Kilmaley graveyard was supposed to be knocked down... -- Cnoc an Aodhaire overlooking Ballymacooda lake where the Hogans and Flannerys live at present. -- Old Marcus Keane evicted 14 families from Beechpark... -- Hurling Tournament -- Cúl an Each (Cullinagh nó Cullinach) a part of the townland... -- Teachers -- Father Lynch a native of Kilmaley built the present chapel... -- Fair of Connolly 13th June,(revived again now), Races of Connolly in summer -- The Friars hid books in Michael Sheedy's place... -- At a funeral the coffin must be brought out... -- Giving the New Year -- Lighting the Christmas candles... -- There is a great Giodam on you... -- Mícheál Fhlainn - The Neylon family -- Oidhche inide gan feóil lá nodhlag mór gan ím... -- Thomas Sullivan who was the parish clerk in Kilmaley... -- Tuar a' toileáin in Knockatona Kilmaley, Co Clare... -- There used to be famous races at Ballycoree... -- To find a horseshoe is lucky... -- In this parish an old shoe is tied to the car... -- The corpse was washed by some neighbouring woman. -- When the digging of the potatoes was finished the largest were picked. -- On Easter Sunday morning each man used to eat 4 eggs. -- Beggars were never turned away from the houses especially in Kilmaley -- No harpers but pipers - Noonan, Clery, Stack Píobaire na Prairithe... / Cleary, Peg -- May Day etc. -- Funny Story / Chathail, Cáit Ní -- Long ago there lived in this parish a very old Parish Priest. / Casey, Philomena -- Riddles -- Signs of the Weather / Cahill, Kitty -- Famous Men / Neylon, Mary A. -- Folklore / Neylon, Teresa -- Troubles / Gann, Sarah Mc -- Storms / Neylon, Mary A. -- Storms / Cahill, Kitty -- Old Schools / Frawley, Kitty -- Old Trades / Murphy, Beatrice -- Marriages / Falvey, Lelia -- Penal Days / Cahill, Kitty -- Mo Cheantar Féin / Gann, Sarah Mc -- Laethanta Áirithe / Falvey, Lelia -- Féilí na Bliana / Falvey, Lelia -- Ráthanna agus Liosanna
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.