DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008892
title: Donore

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Donore (school) (Donore, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Maighréad Nic Eóin.
description: Stories / Fullam, Sheila -- Stories / Fullam, Sheila -- Stories / Fullam, Sheila -- Hidden Treasure / Carry, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Story / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- It is believed by many people in this district, Oldbridge, that most of Mr Coddington's fields are enchanted. / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Carry, Patrick -- Once upon a time there lived in a little hut in the woods of Glenmore (Sheephouse, Drogheda) a very old woman. / Lennon, Patrick -- Stray Sod / Victory, Gerard -- Collier the Robber / Toole, Frances O' -- Collier the Robber / Reilly, Anna -- Prayers / Carry, Patrick -- Prayers / Carry, Patrick -- Prayers / Fullam, Sheila -- Prayers / Lennon, Patrick -- Prayers / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Prayers / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Prayers / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Prayers / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Prayers / Reid, Anna -- Weather-Lore / Lennon, Patrick -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Fullam, Sheila -- Signs of Rain / Toole, Frances O' -- Signs of Good Weather / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Signs of Good Weather / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Local Sayings About the Weather / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Storms / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Storms / Guinness, Kathleen Mc -- Long Period of Frost / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Local Riddle / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Local Heroes / Carry, Patrick -- Local Heroes / Victory, Gerard -- Local Heroes / Fullam, Sheila -- Local Heroes / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Local Heroes / Victory, Gerard -- Penal Times / Victory, Gerard -- Penal Times / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Penal Times / Lennon, Patrick -- Penal Times / Lennon, Patrick -- Penal Times / Lennon, Patrick -- Penal Times / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Penal Times / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Hedge Schools / Victory, Gerard -- Hedge Schools / Lennon, Patrick -- Local Crafts / Carry, Patrick -- Local Crafts / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Local Crafts / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Local Crafts / Victory, Gerard -- Local Crafts / Lennon, P. -- Local Crafts / Victory, Gerard -- Local Crafts - Pellic-Making / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Leganassy / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Lab Field / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Sraith / Carry, Paddy -- Place Names - Fields - The Boyne Meadow / Carry, Paddy -- Place Names - Fields - The Gruggins / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Big Field / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Lime Kiln Field / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - Corn Hill / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Furry Field / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Bleach Field / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Soft Field / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Round Crock Field / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Round Crock Field / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Red House Field / Reid, Anna -- Place Names - Fields - Poll-a-Much / Donnell, Una Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Grannseach / Donnell, Una Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Glen Rayva / Donnell, Una Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Glen Kayveen / Donnell, Una Mc -- Place Names - Fields - The Bollies / Toole, Frances O' -- Place Names - The Lazy Hills / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Fields - The Nunnery Field / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Fields - The Gallagh / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Fields - The Hanging Field / Fullan, Sheila -- Place Names - Fields - The Lots / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Roads / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Roads / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Roads / Fullam, Sheila -- Place Names / Toole, Frances O' -- Place Names - Roads / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Roads / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Wells - Tobarsamanna / Fullam, Sheila -- Place Names - Wells - Tobar na Much / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Tobar Finn / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Pools / Donnell, Una Mc -- Place Names - Pools / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Place Names - Pools / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Pools / Victory, Gerard -- Place Names - Pools / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Rocks / Taaffe, Agnes -- Rocks / Taaffe, Agnes -- The Sgrathal River rises in the hill of Realtóg near Navan and flows into the Boyne at Roughgrange. / Donnell, Una Mc -- Townlands -- Cures / Victory, Gerard -- Cures / Victory, Gerard -- Cures / Carry, Patrick -- Cures / Carry, Patrick -- Cures / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Cures / Carry, Paddy -- Cures / Carry, Paddy -- Cures / Carry, P. -- Cures / Victory, Gerard -- Cures -- Cures - A Cure for a Cough / Fullam, Sheila -- Cures - Another Cure for a Cough / Fullam, Sheila -- Cures - Another Cure for a Cough / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Cures - Another Cure for a Cough / Guinn, Josie Mc -- Cures - A Cure for Ringworm / Fullam, Sheila -- Cures - A Cure for Pain in the Ear / Fullam, Sheila -- Cures - A Cure for Chilblains / Fullam, Sheila -- Cures - To Cure a Sprain / Fullam, S. -- Cures - A Cure for Boils / Lennon, Patrick -- Cures - A Cure for a Blast / Lennon, Patrick -- Cures - To Relieve a Sprain / Lennon, Patrick -- Cures - A Burn / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - Boils / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - Another Cure for a Burn / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - Another Cure for a Boil / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - Sore Feet / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - Sore Eyes / Reilly, Anna -- Cures - A Stye on the Eye / Carry, Patrick -- Cures - Sore Mouth -- Cures - Jaundice / Guinness, Kathleen Mc -- Cures - Warts -- Cures - Rheumatism -- Cures - Whitlow -- My Home District / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Story about King James II / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Story of Schomberg / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- My Home District / Lennon, Patrick -- My Home District / Victory, Gerard -- My Home District / Carry, Patrick -- My Home District / Guinness, Kathleen Mc -- My Home District / Reid, Anna -- My Home District / Guinn, Josie Mc -- My Home District / Victory, Gerard -- Local Poets / Cormac, Thomas Mc -- Judgement Day / Cormac, Thomas Mc -- Glen of Mornington -- Platten Hall / Cormac, Thomas Mc -- Festival Customs - St. Stephen's Day / Carry, Patrick -- Festival Customs - May Eve / Carry, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Night / Lennon, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Hallow Eve / Lennon, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Hallow Eve / Carry, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Hallow Eve / Victory, Gerard -- Festival Customs - Hallow Eve -- Festival Customs - Ash Wednesday / Lennon, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Easter Saturday / Lennon, Patrick -- Festival Customs - Easter Sunday -- Festival Customs - Bonfire Night / Carry, Patrick -- Festival Customs - St Patrick's Day / Lennon, P. -- Festival Customs - Shrove Tuesday / Reilly, Anna -- Famine Times / Lennon, Patrick -- Famine Times / Carry, Patrick -- Famine Times / Victory, Gerard -- Local Landlord / Lennon, Patrick -- Local Landlord / Victory, Gerard -- Doggett Family of Tubberfinn / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Father Chirstopher Doggett / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Ethnographic -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid Fós i mBéal na mBéarlóirí san gCeantar Seo -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid Fós san gCeantar Seo -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid Fós san gCeantar Seo -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid Fós san gCeantar Seo -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid san gCeantar Seo -- Focla Gaeilge atá in Úsáid Fós i mBéal na mBéarlóirí san gCeantar Seo -- Churches / Eóin, Maighréid Nic -- Churchyards -- Churchyards -- Churchyards -- Churchyards -- Dead House -- Food in Olden Times / Reilly, Anna -- Food in Olden Times / Ginn, Josie Mc -- Food in Olden Times / Lennon, Paddy -- Food in Olden Times / Carry, Paddy -- Food in Olden Times / Toole, Frances O' -- Churns and Churning / Toole, Frances O' -- Churns and Churning / Victory, Gerard -- Churns and Churning / Fullam, Sheila -- Herbs and Weeds / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Herbs and Weeds / Carry, Paddy -- Herbs and Weeds / Lennon, Paddy -- Herbs and Weeds / Toole, Frances O' -- Agricultural Implements and Household Utensils / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Agricultural Implements and Household Utensils / Lennon, Patrick -- Agricultural Implements / Victory, Gerard -- Old Furniture and Household Utensils / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Old Furniture and Household Utensils / Toole, Frances O' -- Old Furniture and Household Utensils / Reilly, Anna -- Old Furniture and Household Utensils / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Old Furniture and Household Utensils / Ginn, Josie Mc -- People long ago used to gather the sheeps' wool from the bushes and wash it and bleach it. / Ginn, Josie Mc -- Household Utensils / Lennon, Patrick -- Old Village of Oldbridge / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Wake and Funeral Customs / Lennon, Patrick -- Wake and Funeral Customs / Victory, Gerard -- Wake and Funeral Customs / Ginn, Josie Mc -- Old Mills / Toole, Frances O' -- Old Mills / Doonan, Teresa -- Bird-Lore / Guinness, Peggie Mc -- Robin - A Story / Lennon, Patrick -- Magpie - A Story / Victory, Gerard -- How Beggars Were Treated / Toole, Frances O' -- How Beggars Were Treated / Carry, Patrick -- How Beggars Were Treated / Doonan, Teresa -- Things Thought Unlucky / Carry, Patrick -- Things Said to be Lucky / Carry, Patrick -- Unlucky Omens / Victory, Gerard -- Lucky Omens / Victory, Gerard -- Old Customs / Lennon, Patrick -- Teachers - Donore Parish / Eóin, Maighréid Nic -- Priests Who Laboured in Donore Parish / Eóin, Maighréid Nic
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.