DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4583307
title: Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire (school) (Gort, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Siúracha na Trócaire.
description: Fairy Forts in Gort / Lally, Eileen -- Fairy Story / Killeen, Peggie -- Fairy Fort in Carrowgarriff / Burke, Maria -- Supper Served in a Fairy Fort in Templebanna near Tubber / Roche, Annie -- Local Cures / Shaughnessy, Rena -- Charitable Lady who Lived in the Vicinity / Burke, Maria -- Fairs in Gort in Ancient Times / Coen, Ann -- Ancient Graveyard / Burke, Maria -- Burning in Gort / Nelly, Eva -- Old Prayer to Our Lady / Burke, Maria -- Burning in the District / Coen, Ann -- Potato Crop / Roche, Annie -- Buying and Selling in Olden Times / Lally, Eileen -- Not Far from Ballyturn there is what the people of the place call a Dolmen / Regan, Mary Frances -- In a field in my father's land there is a large stone / Nestor, Philomena -- On the slope of a hill near the Beagh River there is a clump of old hawthorn bushes and in the centre of these there is a pile of ... / Regan, Mary Frances -- Long ago they made bread named Boxty and this is how it was made / Beirne, Sheila O' -- Beside the banks of the Shannon stands the ruins of a castle which Brian Boru built. / Kelly, Annie -- There is a blessed well in our parish in Kilmacdaugh. / Flatherty, Brigid -- Some people call the foxglove flowers throat-worth / Nestor, Philomena -- Folklore - Buying and Selling / Roche, Annie -- Old Houses / Coen, Ann -- Food in Olden Times / Coen, Ann -- Old Houses / Roche, Annie -- About three miles from Gorrt there is a place called Rath-Cairn. / Diviney, Mary -- In the middle of Derrybrien graveyard there is a big rock and on it are two holes... / Nestor, Philomena -- People long ago went miles to get Roses ... / Kelly, Annie -- Care of the Feet / Nelly, Eva -- Churning / Nelly, Eva -- Story Told by the Fireside on a Winter's Night / Burke, Maria -- Story about the Gobán Saor / Nelly, Eva -- Down in the Coole there is stone with the prints of Saint Colmans' feet in it. / Nestor, Philomena -- It is supposed that is a person sees a red fish in Daint Colman's wel that it is a cure for bad sight / Beirne, Sheila O -- There is a will called tobar na Naomh two miles north from Bailinruan school Co. Clare. / Fahey, Philomena -- When Cromwell was passing by Kiltarta, Co. Galway all the way people rushed to the caves and brought the dogs with them / Neilan, Mary -- Long Black Hand / Flaherty, Brigid -- Story / Gann, Teresa Mc -- Local Cures / Nelly, Eva -- Cures / Burke, Maria -- Old Cures / Coen, Ann -- Farm Animals / Burke, Maria -- Hurling and Football Matches / Nelly, Eva -- Local Marriage Customs / Coen, Ann -- Inchi a part of the Coole Estate comprises approximately two hundred acres. / Kelly, Annie -- An old man who lived in Gort was a descendant of the great O'Shaughnessy's of Gort who had many castles in this district. / Fennessy, Maureen -- Gort - The Home of the Stranger / Leech, Mary -- Old Story - Fairy Magic in Tiernevan / Regan, Josephine -- Ghost Story / Moran, Ann -- There is a well about the size of a basin in Tubber ... / Coen, Angela -- Above Lough Cutra there is a little well named Tober Knockaire which is supposed to cure bad stomachs. / Neilan, Mary -- There was an old man living in Carrion and he had a cow which gave great milk. / Flaherty, Brigid -- Bit of Poetry about Bidneen Hehir's Sow / Roche, Kathleen -- Stroke of Luck / Corcoran, Sally -- Power of a Priest / Sylver, Mary -- Ghost in Roxborough / Sylver, Mary -- Haunted Castle / Sylver, Mary -- What Happened in Coole / Moran, Ann -- Black Cats in Coole / Moran, Ann -- Fairy Story / Coen, Dympna -- Visitors in Ballyturn / Lynch, Ita -- Strange Cure / Grady, Eileen O' -- Fairy Story / Carthy, Eva Mac -- Weird Shave / Lynch, Ita -- Respect the Priest / Moran, Ann -- Experience of a Mail Car Driver / Moran, Ann -- Power of Biddy Early / Roche, Kathleen -- Looking For Gold / Lally, Kathleen -- Generous Bow / Melville, Patsy -- Leprechaun in Fiddane / Carthy, Evelyn Mc -- Cruel Landlord / Grady, Eileen O' -- Folklore / Lynch, Ita -- Looking for Gold / Lynch, Ita -- Superstitions / Lynch, Ita -- Local Marriage Customs / Lynch, Ita -- Great Storm of 1902 / Lynch, Ita -- Old Crafts / Lynch, Ita -- Old Crafts / Lally, Kathleen -- Toy-Making / Mullins, Maureen -- Local Marriage Customs / Roche, Kathleen -- Basket-Making / Roche, Kathleen -- Great Storm / Carthy, Eva Mc -- White Birds / Sheehy, Kitty -- Kingfisher Visits the Gort River / Carthy, Evelyn Mac -- Birds / Lynch, Ita -- Weather-Lore / Lynch, Ita -- Spinning / Roche, Kathleen -- Strong Men / Coen, Dympna -- Strong Men / Carthy, Eva Mc -- Strong Men / Lynch, Ita
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.