DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921957
title: Árd-achadh (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Árd-achadh (C.) (school) (Ardagh, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Máire Ní Mhadagáin.
description: Riddles / Lynch, Mary Bridget -- Riddles / Fitzgerald, Ellen -- Riddles / Ahern, Cathleen -- Riddles / Doody, Mary Ita -- Riddles / Kiely, Bridie -- Riddles / Barrett, Bridie -- Riddles / Conway, Kitty -- Riddles / Madigan, Mary -- Riddles / Kevin, Bridie -- Weather-Lore / Ahern, Mary -- Riddles / Mulcahy, Teresa -- Riddles / Ryan, Bridget -- Old Sayings / Doody, Mary Ita -- Old Sayings / Ambrose, Bridie -- Wren Song -- Dunganville Fort / Ambrose, Bridie -- Sayings / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Sayings / Hurley, Maureen -- Old Rhymes / Ahern, Mary -- Old Rhymes / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Composed by William Finn in 1916 / Downes, Mary -- Men of Barry's Column / Lynch, Kitty -- Love Me Little, Love Me Long / Doody, Mary Ita -- Manchester Martyrs -- Limerick -- Herbs / Hurley, Maureen -- Churning / Enright, Nora -- Story about a Giant / Lynch, Mary -- Local Heroes / Enright, Nora -- Old Crafts / Kevin, Bridie -- Old Schools / Ambrose, Bridie -- Local Heroes / Doody, Peggy -- Old Crafts / Ahern, Mary -- Old Crafts / Conway, Kitty -- Strange Animals / Lynch, Kitty -- Riddles / Lynch, Kitty -- Maids of Ardagh / Lynch, Kitty -- Riddles / Doody, Peggy -- Old Sayings / Ryan, Ita -- Sayings / Enright, Nancy -- Strange Animal / Ambrose, Bridie -- Sayings / Doody, Peggy -- Riddles / Mulcahy, Teresa -- Many years ago a fiddler was coming home from a dance in Rathkeale. -- Poets / Lynch, Kitty -- Old Sayings -- Old Prayers / Byrnes, Kitty -- Story / Doody, Peggy -- Story -- Weather-Lore / Lynch, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Doody, Peggy -- Local Patron Saint / Ambrose, Bridie -- My Home District / Ambrose, Bridie -- Festival Customs / Ambrose, Bridie -- Leipreachán or Mermaid / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Riddles / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Old Sayings / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Coolybrown Fort / Ahern, Cathleen -- Food in Olden Times / Kevin, Bridie -- Schools / Duggan, Mary -- Marriage Customs / Ahern, Kathleen -- Story / Kelly, Bridie -- Lore of Certain Days / Doody, Peggy -- Bird-Lore / Kevin, Bridie -- Rí Rásta Fort / Lynch, Mary -- Festival Customs / Lynch, Mary -- Riddles / Lynch, Kitty -- Riddles / Ryan, Bridie -- Willie's Brainwave / Lynch, Kitty -- Local Cures / Ahern, Cathleen -- Forges / Duggan, Mary -- Care of the Feet / Kevin, Bridie -- Herbs / Ambrose, Bridie -- Severe Weather / Ambrose, Bridie -- Penal Times / Downes, Mary -- Local Graveyards / Ambrose, Bridie -- Old Houses / Byrnes, Kitty -- Travelling Folk / Ahern, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Ahern, Mary -- The local Land-Lord was Mr Massy. / Scanlan, Nellie -- There are Fairy Forts in the school district and the one I know is Elmhill Fort. / Ahern, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Landlords / Hurley, Maureen -- Old Crafts / Conway, Kitty -- Our Local Saint / Conway, Kitty -- Old Schools / Hurley, Maureen -- Landlords / Duggan, Mary -- Landlords / Lynch, Kitty -- Leipreachán / Connor, Mary O' -- Local Ruins / Conway, Kitty -- Penal Times / Conway, Kitty -- Landlords / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Old Houses / Ambrose, Bridie -- Old Schools / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Story / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Local Heroes / Duggan, Mary -- Leipreachán or Mermaid / Ambrose, Bridie -- Curse of Toornafulla / Mulcahy, Tereasa -- In former times there was a church-yard and also a well in Kilrodane. -- One foggy evening a poor boy set out hunting. / Ambrose, Bridie -- Strange Animals / Duggan, Mary -- There was once a king who had three sons... / Kevin, Bridie -- St Molua / Lynch, Kitty -- Lore of Certain Days / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- King of the Reeks / Fitzgerald, Nellie -- Penal Times / Lynch, Kitty -- Festival Customs / Lynch, Kitty -- Hedge-Schools / Scanlan, Nellie -- Old Ruins / Ambrose, Bridie
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.