DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4605946
title: Sliabh na Cille

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Sliabh na Cille (school) (Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha.
description: Amhrán -- This song was composed on the death of Owen Early and his wife, an O'Rourke, who were drowned in the Yellow River about 90 years ago. -- Some Irish Words Peculiar to the District together with a Few Incorporated into the English Speech of the People -- I got the following little song from Mr Hubert Forde, farmer, of Dernageer, Ballinaghera, Co. Leitrim. -- Hidden Treasure / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure / Cornyn, Anthony -- Some Other Stories Told in the District - The Killing of the Wolf on Sliabh an Iarainn / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Funny Story - "And what Will I Say?" / Pharthalain, Brighid Nic -- Airgead an Éin -- Stories of Fairies and the Leipreachán / Flynn, Mary -- Leipreachán / Browne, Francie -- Another Leipreachán Story / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Funny Story / Gourty, James Mc -- Ghost Stories - The Headless Ghost -- Duel Fought With a Ghost -- Collection of Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes - Strong Men / Flynn, Michael / Flynn, Mary -- 'Lodge' in Slievenakilla / Gourty, James Mc / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Ghost of Slievenakilla Lodge -- Local Heroes - Swift Runners -- Local Heroes - Swift Runners / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Local Heroes - Great Walkers / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Local Heroes - Great Walkers / Cornyn, Anthony -- Local Heroes - Great Walkers / Loughlin, Brighid -- Local Heroes - Great Walkers / Gourty, Myles Mc -- Local Heroes - Great Walkers / Browne, Francie -- Local Heroes - Great Jumpers / Browne, Francie / Loughlin, Brigid / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Great Mowers -- Noted Dancers -- Singers and Storytellers / Gilmartin, Tess -- Singers and Storytellers / Loughlin, Brighid -- Singers and Storytellers / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Singers and Storytellers / Cornyn, Anthony -- Local Musician - Hugh Clancy of Tullynapurtlin -- Local Happenings - Shipwrecks and Drownings -- Local Happenings - Shipwrecks and Drownings -- Local Happenings - Houseburnings / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Local Happenings - Houseburnings / Réill, Cait Nic -- Severe Weather / Gourty, Myles Mc -- Severe Weather / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Severe Weather - Cyclone / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Snowstorms / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Great Floods -- Severe Weather - Heavy Snowfalls / Gourty, Margaret Mc -- Severe Weather - Thunderstorms, a Rainstorm, a Snowstorm / Browne, Francie -- Old Schools / Cornyn, Anthony -- Old Schools -- Healy Family as Teachers in Ballinaglera -- Old Schools / Gourty, Mary Mc / Loughlin, Brighid -- Old Schools -- First Slievenakilla School -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making / Réill, Cáit Nic / Dhorchaidh, Maighread Nic -- Old Crafts - Rush Candles / Réill, Cáit Nic / Dhorchaidh, Maighread Nic -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making -- Old Crafts - Rush Candles -- Old Crafts - Resin Candles / Browne, Francie -- Old Crafts - Soap Manufacture / Browne, Francie -- Old Crafts - The Manufacture of a Spade / Dhorchaidh, Maolmhuire Mac -- Old Crafts - Spinning / Loughlin, Brighid / Grail, Cáit Mc -- Old Crafts - Weaving / Browne, Francie -- Old Crafts - Dyeing / Lochlainn, Brighid Ní -- Old Crafts - Thatching / Cornyn, Anthony -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Gourty, Margaret Mc / Grail, Cáit Mc -- Pottery Work / Cornyn, Anthony -- Old Crafts - Lime-Burning / Rourke, Farrell O' -- Local Marriage Customs / Browne, Francie -- Local Marriage Customs / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Local Marriage Customs / Dhorchaidh, Séamus Mac -- In the Penal Times / Dhorchaidh, Séamus Mac -- In the Penal Times / Browne, Francie -- In the Penal Times / Flynn, Michael -- In the Penal Times / Gourty, Mary Mc -- Local Place Names / Dhorchaidh, Séamus Mac -- Local Place Names / Réill, Cait Nic -- Local Place Names / Gourty, Myles Mc -- Local Place Names -- Local Cures / Browne, Francie -- Our Holy Wells -- Story of 1798 -- Secret Society - The Molly Maguires -- Lore of Certain Days / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Travelling Folk / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Fairy Forts / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Famine Times / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Games I Play / Dhorchaidh, Máire Nic -- Landlords -- Food in Olden Times -- Local Roads -- My Home District - Townland of Slievenakilla / Réill, Cáit Nic -- My Home District - Townland of Aughrim / Loughlin, Brigid -- My Home District - Townland of Tullynaha / Cornyn, Anthony -- My Home District - Townland of Stranagarvana / Gourty, Myles Mc -- Potato Crop -- Moulding the Potatoes -- Weeding the Potatoes -- Spraying the Potatoes -- Digging the Potatoes -- Heaping the Potatoes / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Potatoes as Starch / Réill, Cáit Nic -- Note concerning the Operation of Smelting as Carried on here in Olden Times -- Proverbs / Loughlin, Brighid -- Festival Customs -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Grail, Brigid Mc -- Cow-House -- Horse -- Donkey -- Goat
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.