DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008937
title: Killyon

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Killyon (school) (Killyon, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh.
description: Famous Men Athletes / Keegan, Kevin -- Famous Athletes / Keegan, Barney -- Famous Athletes -- Local Hedge-Schools / Keegan, Barney -- The above is a plan of a sliver medal in the possession of John Colclough (Culcahy) Boraheen, Hill of Down. -- Famine -- Old Crafts -- Weather-Lore / Quirke, Della -- Weather-Lore / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Weather-Lore / Keegan, Joan -- Weather-Lore / Brady, John -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Local Folklore Stories -- Riddles / Keegan, Kevin -- Riddles / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Riddles / Brady, John -- Riddles / Gilsenan, James -- Riddles / Cunningham, Anne -- Riddles / Keegan, Barney -- Riddles / Gilsenan, Maureen -- Riddles / Clonan, Philomena -- Riddles / Loughlin, Philomena Mc -- Riddles / Rafferty, Brendan -- Historical Events - Epidemic / Clonan, Patrick -- Historical Events - Snowfall 1895 -- Historical Events - Snowfall 1933 -- Marriage Customs / Keegan, Kevin -- Old Cures / Keegan, Barney -- Old Cures / Keegan, Kevin -- Old Cures / Cunningham, Anne -- Personal Experience / Fehily, Mrs -- How I Make a Snare / Brady, John -- How to Make a Catapult / Fehily, Colm -- How I Make a Top / Brady, John -- How I Make a Potgun / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Old Names of Fields / Keegan, Kevin -- Old Names of Fields / Keegan, Barney -- Our Own Fields / Quirke, Rita -- Our Own Fields / Quirke, Delia -- Local Tramps / Keegan, Barney -- Local Tramps / Cunningham, Anne -- Local Tramps / Brady, John -- Folklore of Local Roads / Rafferty, Brendan -- Folklore of Local Roads / Keegan, Kevin -- Map Showing Shighe Asail in the Barony of Moyfenrath / Keegan, Barney -- Inan Road -- Fairy Fort / Keegan, Kevin -- Games I Play / Gilsenan, Maureen -- How I Play a Marriage Game / Keegan, Joan -- How I Play Cat and Dog / Keegan, Kevin -- How I Play Duck / Coyne, Mary T. -- Games I Play / Loughlin, Philomena Mc -- Townland - Newtown / Keegan, Kevin -- Number of People/Types of Houses / Keegan, Barney -- Holy Wells / Keegan, Barney -- Herbs / Gilsenan, Seamus -- Herbs / Loughlin, Philomena Mc -- Crops / Gilsenan, Seamus -- Proverbs / Keegan, Kevin -- Proverbs / Loughlin, Philomena Mc -- Old Customs on the Feast Days / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Old Customs on the Feast Days / Keegan, Kevin -- Care of Farm Animals / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Care of Farm Animals / Keegan, Joan -- Churning / Cunningham, Annie -- Local Forges / Keegan, Kevin -- Stories About the Holy Family / Cunningham, Anne -- Old Monasteries / Keegan, Barney -- Scattered Folklore / Keegan, Kevin -- Local Fairs / Brady, John -- Landlord / Brady, John -- Food in the Olden Times / Keegan, Joan -- Hurling and Football Matches / Keegan, Kevin -- Local Songs / Cunningham, Anne -- Local Song About Killyon Hurling Team / Brady, John -- Local Songs / Fehily, Colm -- Local Songs / Keegan, Barney -- Local Monuments / Keegan, Barney -- Bread / Gilsenan, Maureen -- Old House / Keegan, Kevin -- Long ago people got on better than they get on now. There use to be little shops scattered about this district... / Gilsenan, Maureen -- Story About a Leipreachán / Quirke, Della -- Story About a Leipreachán / Gilsenan, Maureen -- Story about a Leipreachán / Rafferty, Brendan -- Mermaid in Croboy Lough -- Story About a Leipreachán / Coyne, Mary -- There was a bishop who lived in Killyon Manor and after some time he gave up his religion. / Coyne, Lily -- There is a heap of stones under a Deal tree in Craddenstown where there was a man killed. -- There are very few ruins about here. There is a castle in Delvin Co. Westmeath but it is only a ruin. / Coyne, Mary -- There is an old graveyard in Newtown in Halpins land but no person was put in it this 50 years ago. / Gilsenan, Mathew -- Old Prayers / Reilly, Pauline -- Old Prayers
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.