DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428213
title: Presentation Convent, Lucan

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Presentation Convent, Lucan (school) (Lucan, Co. Dublin), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sr M. Gabriel.
description: Food etc. / Rogers, Mai -- Fairies / Byrne, Mollie -- Fairies / Blake, Maureen -- Fairies / Blake, Maureen -- Fairies / Grahame, Rita -- Fairies / Ennis, Kathleen -- Fairies / Cahill, Margaret -- Fairies / Neill, Francis O' -- Religious Stories etc. / Grahame, Rita -- Religious Stories etc. / Byrne, Mary -- Religious Stories etc / Grahame, Rita -- Religious Stories etc. / Donohue, Margaret O' -- Religious Stories etc / Byrne, Mary -- Religious Stories etc. / Blake, Maureen -- Religious Stories etc. / Dignam, Angela -- Religious Stories etc. / Grahame, Rita -- Lucan is a very historic place and many are the stories that are told about it. / Flanagan, Mary -- During the years of the famine young girls of Ireland used go over to Scotland to pick potatoes. / Blake, Maureen -- Where Spence's house now stands was the Monastery of the Monks; but during the Penal Times the monks had to leave th Monastery for Priest Hunters were searching the place. / Rogers, Mai -- Cures / Rogers, Mai -- Cures / Byrne, Mary -- Cures / Blake, Maureen -- Cures / Cahill, Margaret -- Cures / Greene, Mary -- Holy Wells etc / Greene, Mary -- Holy Wells etc / Grahame, Rita -- St Catherine's -- St Catherine's -- Golf -- Golf / Grahame, Crissie -- In the County Dublin there is not a fairer spot than Lucan and its surroundings. -- Bridge / Grahame, C. -- Castle / Sheedy, Patricia -- Castle / Sheedy, Patricia A. -- Buildings / Campion, Mona -- Lucan Castle / Ronan, Nellie -- Lucan Castle -- St Edmondsbury -- Spa / Ronan, N. -- Bishop -- Bishop -- Customs / Rogers, Mai -- Customs / Cumiskey, Maureen -- Customs / Mulligan, Mary Teresa -- Customs / Cumiskey, Maureen -- Customs / Kennedy, Mary -- Ghost Stories / Slattery, Shinead -- Ghost Stories / Grahame, Rita -- Bush of Balgaddy / Passmore, Josie -- Death / Comiskey, Maureen -- Death / Murphy, Joan -- Holy Well / Ronan, Nellie -- Newspaper / Ronan, Nellie -- Dog / Greene, Mary -- Ghost Story / Byrne, Molly -- Poets / Greene, Mary -- Cures / Ennis, Kathleen -- Care of the Feet / Ennis, Kathleen -- Birds / Greene, Mary -- Schools / Greene, Mary -- Disease / Greene, Mary -- Fairs / Greene, Mary -- Forges / Greene, Mary -- Riddles / Rogers, Mai -- Travelling / Ronan, Nellie -- Tailors / Green, Mary -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Cormack, Maura -- Ghost Stories / Mulligan, Mary Teresa -- Ghost Stories / Mulligan, Mary Teresa -- Ghost Stories / Mulligan, Mary Teresa -- Ghost Stories / Curtin, Brigid Mac -- Rath / Ronan, Nellie -- Rath / Byrne, Mollie -- Rath / Campion, Mona -- Rath / Grahame, Chrissie -- Rath / Martin, Sheila -- The passages in the cave lead to the Castles of Grange, Ballyowen and Adamstown, and to Clondalkin. -- Riddles / Murray, Hilary -- Riddles / Campion, Mona -- Riddles / Comiskey, Maureen -- Weather / Murray, Hilary -- Weather / Comiskey, Maureen -- Weather / Rogers, May -- Factories / Greene, Mary -- Factories / Matthews, May -- I (John O'Neill) began to work on the 14th of August 1906. I was put to wheeling flour on a truck and in 1915 was promoted to silks man. / Neill, Frances O' -- Lucan / Glesson, Theresa -- Stick Dolls / Rogers, Mai -- Amusements -- Treasure Hunt / Cormack, Maura -- Jack, Jack where are you / Graham, Rita -- I Spy / Flanagan, May -- Shepherd and the Sheep / Neill, Fan -- Hide and Go Seek / Kearney, Nora -- Kick the Can / Kennedy, Maisie -- Red Indians and Cowboys / Dwyer, Maisie -- Paper Chase / Gannon, Una -- Chain Tig / Birnie, Maureen -- Birds / Passmore, Josephine -- Badminton / Ennis, Kathleen -- Hopscotch / Kilduff, Bernadette -- Important Football Matches / Rogers, Mai
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.