DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4649691
title: Coill Chláir

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Coill Chláir (school) (Kilclare, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Treasa Ní Oibeacáin.
description: Hidden Treasure / Mulvey, Kit -- Hidden Treasure / Taylor, Eileen -- Hidden Treasure / Lynch, Josephine -- Hidden Treasure / Carter, Pauline -- Hidden Treasure / Cabe, Brigid Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Doran, Eileen -- Hidden Treasure / Foley, Francis -- This is a true story. / Gibbons, Margaret -- Funny Stories Hear Locally / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Funny Stories Heard Locally / Mulvey, Kit -- Funny Stories Heard Locally / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Funny Stories Heard Locally / Carter, Polly -- Without title / Taylor, Eileen -- Funny Stories Heard Locally / Lynch, Brigid -- Funny Stories Heard Locally / Lynch, Brigid -- Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes -- Great Weight Carrier -- Great Mower -- James Mc Nulty made a bet with a neighbouring man in Drumshambo that he would lift two bags of meal... -- The strongest man in my locality was a man the name of Peter Rogers, Ballybawn. -- Stone Throwers -- Great Dancers -- Noted Singers -- Joe Quinn, Lisbruckan could mow two Irish acres and two roads of meadow... / Keane, John Joe -- Pat Flynn, Knocnasawna could cut two acres of meadow in the day. / Keane, Francis -- James Feely who lived in Killarkin was a very strong man... / Doran, Eileen -- There lived a man in our district called Micky Flynn... / Foley, Francis -- Captain Mc Na Mara who lived in Letterfine was a great hero. / Carter, Pauline -- As two men were returning from a circus in Keshcarrigan they met a man... / Keane, Francis -- As two men were returning from a circus in Keshcarrigan they met a man... / Keane, Francis -- As two men were returning from a circus in Keshcarrigan they met a man... / Keane, Francis -- Local Happenings / Mulvey, Kit -- Local Happenings / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Local Happenings - A Great Burning / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Local Happenings - A Great Plague / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Severe Weather / Carter, Polly -- Severe Weather / Carter, Pauline -- Severe Weather / Mulvey, Kit -- Severe Weather - Storm -- Great Flood / Pagnam, Annie -- Snow-Storm / Pagnam, Annie -- Drought Periods / Pagnam, Annie -- About the year of 1837 there was a very severe storm in Ireland. -- Old Schools / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Old Schools / Nulty, Lizzie Kate Mc -- Old Schools / Carter, Pauline -- Old Schools / Curran, Annie -- Old Schools / Carter, Polly -- Old Schools / Lynch, Josie -- Old Schools / Mulvey, Kit -- Old Schools / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Old Schools / Pagnam, Annie -- Old Schools / Gibbons, Margaret -- Old Crafts / Pagnam, Annie -- Old Crafts / Carter, Polly -- Old Crafts / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Old Crafts / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Old Crafts / Mulvey, Kit -- Old Crafts / Carter, Pauline -- Old Crafts / Cabe, Bridie Mc -- Old Crafts / Lynch, Ciss -- Old Crafts / Taylor, Eileen -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Carter, Pauline -- Local Marriage Customs / Mulvey, Kit -- Local Marriage Customs / Mollohan, Mary -- Local Marriage Customs / Pagnam, Annie -- In Penal Times / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- In Penal Times / Curran, Annie -- In Penal Times / Pagnam, Annie -- In Penal Times / Conway, Berney -- In Penal Times / Lynch, Josie -- Local Place Names / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Local Place Names / Mulvey, Kit -- Local Place Names / Conway, Bridie -- Local Place Names / Pagnam, Annie -- Local Place Names / Cabe, Winne Mc -- Bird-Lore / Cabe, Margaret Mc -- Bird-Lore / Cabe, Winifred Mc -- Bird-Lore / Nulty, Lizzie Mc -- Local Cures / Pagnam, Annie -- Local Cures / Mollohan, Mary -- Local Cures / Lynch, Ciss -- Local Cures / Carter, Polly -- Local Cures / Curran, Annie -- Lore of Certain Days / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Curran, Annie -- Lore of Certain Days / Pagnam, Annie -- Lore of Certain Days / Nulty, Lizzie Kate Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Nulty, Lizzie Kate Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Carter, Pauline -- Travelling Folk / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Travelling Folk / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Travelling Folk / Keane, Frances -- Travelling Folk / Doherty, Con -- Travelling Folk / Gibbons, Philomena -- Travelling Folk / Carter, Pauline -- Travelling Folk / Carter, Pauline -- Travelling Folk / Mulvey, Kit -- Travelling Folk -- Fairy Forts / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Fairy Forts / Pagnam, Annie -- Fairy Forts / Mulvey, Kit -- Fairy Forts / Carter, Pauline -- Fairy Forts / Curran, Annie -- Fairy Forts / Taylor, Eileen -- Famine Times / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Famine Times / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Famine Times / Gibbons, Margaret -- Famine Times -- Local Games -- Local Roads / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Local Roads / Curran, Annie -- Local Roads / Lynch, Josie -- Local Roads / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Holy Wells / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Holy Wells / Mulvey, Kit -- Holy Wells / Nulty, Lizzie Mc -- Holy Wells / Pagnam, Annie -- Holy Wells / Foley, John -- Herbs / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Herbs / Carter, Pauline -- Herbs / Mulvey, Kit -- Herbs / Pagnam, Annie -- Herbs / Lynch, Josie -- Churning / Cabe, Winne Mc -- Churning / Carter, Pauline -- Churning / Pagnam, Annie -- Proverbs and Old Sayings -- Care of the Feet / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Care of the Feet / Pagnam, Annie -- Care of the Feet / Mulvey, Kit -- Local Forges / Faughnan, Kathleen -- Local Forges / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Clothes Made Locally / Mulvey, Kit -- Clothes Made Locally / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Clothes Made Locally / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Clothes Made Locally / Doran, Eileen -- Clothes Made Locally / Gibbons, Margaret -- Local Fairs / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- Local Fairs / Lynch, Josie -- Local Fairs / Mulvey, Kit -- Cromwell did a lot of harm in my district. / Cabe, Maggie Mc -- The old people hated Cromwell as he treated the people harshly. / Keane, Annie -- In Cromwell's comand in Ireland he worked cruel tyranny. / Dermot, Pat Mc -- Cromwell's visit to Ireland did not affect this district very much. / Mulvey, Kit -- The people say that Fionn Mac Cumhail had a great fight with Oscar the brave on Shee Beg. / Keane, Annie -- Fionn Mac Cumhail was a very powerful man. / Lynch, Josie -- Paddy O'Leary who liveed in Shebeg was a Fenian of the olden times. / Mulvey, Kit -- Fionn Mac Cumhail was a giant who lived on Shebeg. / Carter, Pauline -- Strange Animals / Mulvey, Kit -- Strange Animals / Taylor, Eileen -- Strange Animals -- Food in Olden Times / Pagnam, Annie -- Food in Olden Times / Cabe, Winnie Mc -- Food in Olden Times / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Food in Olden Times / Gibbons, Margaret -- Prayers Said in Olden Times / Gibbons, Margaret -- Prayers Said in Olden Times - Prayer Said before the Rosary / Lynch, Josephine -- Prayers Said in Olden Times / Carter, Pauline -- Prayers Said in Olden Times - On Awakening / Cabe, Margaret Mc -- Prayers Said in Olden Days - A Night Prayer -- Prayers Said in Olden Days / Cabe, Winifred Mc -- Religious Stories / Mulvey, Kit -- Religious Stories / Cabe, Margaret Mc -- Local Landlords / Cabe, Margaret Mc -- Local Landlords / Dermott, Pat Mc -- Local Landlords -- Local Landlords / Taylor, Eileen -- Local Landlords / Lynch, Josephine -- Local Landlords / Doran, Eileen -- Local Landlords / Doherty, Cornelius -- Local Landlords / Keane, Annie -- Old Houses / Gibbons, Margaret
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.