DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009065
title: Tyrrellspass (C)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tyrrellspass (C) (school) (Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Chonduibh.
description: Weather-Lore / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Weather-Lore / Morgan, Nan -- Churning / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Churning / Morgan, Annie -- Local Cures / Morgan, Annie -- Marriage Customs in this District / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Local Forges / Morgan, Annie -- Forges / Maher, Kitty -- Local Expressions with Their Meanings -- Herbs and How Used - Local Cures / Conniffe, Maura -- Food / Conniffe, Maura -- Foods / Brennan, Tiny -- Foods / Ryan, Masie -- Bread / Coniffe, Maura -- Potato Bread / Ryan, Maisie -- Old Houses / Brennan, Tina -- Homemade Toys / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Toys Made Locally / Brennan, Tina -- Buying and Selling / Maher, Kitty -- Travelling Folk / Brennan, Tiney -- Travelling Folk / Maher, Kitty -- Local Story of the Famine / Coniffe, Agnes -- My Home District - Cross-Roads / Ryan, Maisie -- Forts / Maher, Kitty -- Cross-Roads / Brennan, Tina -- Village of Tyrrellspass -- Churchyards / Maher, Kitty -- Local Monuments / Brennan, Tiney -- Local Cures / Brennan, Tiney -- Local Forts / Rigney, Peg -- Local Songs / Brennan, Tiney -- Tore Agitation / Maher, Kitty -- Mass Paths / Brennan, Tiney -- Hedge-Schools / Connor, Kathleen -- Penal Days in this District / Brennan, Tiney -- Candles / Callaghan, Brigid -- Local Song / Maher, Kitty -- Local Song - Brian O'Linn / Maher, Kitty -- Old Houses / Brennen, Tina -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Conniffe, Maura -- Old Foods / Brennan, Tiney -- Churning / Brennan, Tina -- Riddles / Brennan, Tina -- Riddles / Maher, Kitty -- Riddles / Callaghan, Brigid -- Riddles / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Old Sayings / Casey, Kathleen -- Churchyards / Brennan, Tina -- Riddles / Brennen, Tina -- Local Landlords / Brennan, Tiny -- Local Landlords / Maher, Kitty -- Fairy Forts / Brennan, Tiny -- Fairy Cow / Maher, Kitty -- Banshees / Maher, Kitty -- Ghosts / Maher, Kitty -- Mermaid / Maher, Kitty -- Aliputhor / Maher, Kitty -- Lore of Certain Days / Maher, Kitty -- Old Rhymes / Maher, Kitty -- The fox he roamed out on moonshining night... -- Old Foods / Maher, Kitty -- Old Friday Prayers / Maher, Kitty -- Prayer for a Happy Death / Maher, Kitty -- Tailors / Maher, Kitty -- Local Songs / Coffy, Anna -- Local Threshings -- Accident at the Mill -- Accidents in the District / Ryan, Maisie -- Festivals and Their Customs / Maher, Kitty -- Sayings About June / Ryan, Maisie -- Sayings About December / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Sayings About October / Ryan, Maisie -- Sayings About November -- Local Happening in Connection with Tea / Ryan, Maisie -- Local Find Long Ago / Ryan, Maisie -- Local Happening -- Local Gossip / Ryan, Maisie -- Troopers Mound / Ryan, Maisie -- Local Heroes / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Local Singers / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Blackberry Picking / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Potato Crop / Doherty, Rosaleen -- Local Birds / Doherty, Rosaleen
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.