DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044617
title: Clonmacnoise

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clonmacnoise (school) (Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Maolmhuaidh.
description: Clonmacnoise / Darcy, Agnes -- Hanging Hill / Pillion, Kathleen -- Piper's Rock / Manus, Bridie Mac -- Leitra Castle / Manus, Kathleen Mac -- Shoemaker / Manus, Teresa Mac -- Card-Player / Daly, Nellie -- Árd Dall / Whyms, Maurice -- Marriage / Mannion, Lilly -- Crock of Gold / Connor, Birdie O -- Connaught Giant / Darcy, Josie -- Delacy's Castle / Norton, Mary Ellen -- Clinagh / Darcy, Josie -- Piper's Rock / Flannery, Margaret -- Stirabout Hollow / Flannery, Michael -- Stirabout Hollow / Daly, Agnes -- Stirabout Hollow / Daly, Annie -- Stirabout Hollow / Flannery, Angela -- Stirabout Hollow / Egan, Bridget -- Hill of Slaughter / Manus, Bridget Mac -- Clan Fights / Pillion, Kathleen -- Treasure / Flannery, Katie -- Turning Stone / Flannery, Kate -- Fairies / Flannery, Katie -- Hanging Hill / Coughlan, Ciaran -- Bun Talamh / Mannion, Lilly -- Revillia / Coughlan, Ciaran -- St Ciaran / Darcy, Agnes -- St Ciaran / Evoy, May Mc -- Man Coming Home from Birr / Daly, Ciaran -- Looking for the Donkey / Daly, Ciaran -- Little Fairy House in Birr / Egan, Bridget -- Coffin Bush / Egan, Bridget -- Kitty's Bush / Egan, Bridget -- Altar Bush / Egan, Bridget -- De Lacy's Castle -- Ghost-Story -- Ghost-Story / Connor, Birdie -- Three Snake Leaves / Whyms, Maurice -- Fairy Ring / Flannery, Angela -- Ghost-Story / Mannion, Lilly -- Stirabout Hollow / Manus, Bridget Mac -- Fairy Story / Flannery, Katie -- Fairy Story / Norton, Annie -- Will-O'-The-Wisp / Flannery, Angela -- Ghost-Story -- St Ciaran and Monruth / Evoy, Mary Mac -- Hedge-School / Darcy, Joseph -- Hedge-School / Darcy, Agnes -- Miracles of St Ciaran -- Stations / Molloy, Mr -- Prayers / Daly, Nellie -- Prayers / Manus, Bridie Mac -- Prayers - Our Lady's Seven Joys / Manus, Bridie Mac -- Prayers - Cure for a Toothache / Manus, B. Mac -- Prayers / Egan, Bridget -- Prayers / Flannery, Katie -- Prayers / Flannery, Katie -- Prayers / Flannery, Katie -- Prayers / Molloy, Mr -- Prayers / Darcy, Josie -- Riddles -- Names of Fields in Ballyhearth and Owners of Same -- Names of Fields in Creevagh and Owners of Same / Manus, Bridie Mac / Flannery, Mollie / Flannery, Angela -- Names of Fields in Creevagh and Owners of Same / Flannery, Margret / Daly, Ciaran -- Names of Fields in Creevagh and Owners of Same / Daly, Nellie / Daly, Ciaran -- Names of Fields in Clonascra and Owners of Same / Evoy, Mary Mc / Evoy, Jim Mc -- Cures -- White Hare / Daly, Ciaran -- Weather-Signs -- Omens -- May Day -- New Year's Day -- Other Signs -- Marriage Customs -- Funerals -- Christenings -- Teeth -- Cuckoo -- Magpies -- Robin -- Other Birds -- St Martin's Day -- St John's Day -- St Stephen's Day -- Christmas -- Twelfth Night -- Itchy Signs -- Halloween -- Riddles -- Songs - Beside the River Shannon -- Songs - Reynard the Fox -- This rhyme is said by boys collecting wren money on St Stephen's Day. / Flannery, Brian -- Rhymes for Counting out for Tig -- Tunnels / Molloy, Brendan -- Turning Stone / Molloy, Brendan
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.