DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922028
title: Adare Convent

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Adare Convent (school) (Adare, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Mechtildes.
description: Ancient Castle of Rourmore -- Friars of Adare Abbey Celebrated Mass in Penal Days in Creagán na hOla -- Old Graveyard / Scanlon, Brigid -- Old Fair of Adare / Scanlon, Brigid -- Story Connected to the Fair of Adare -- Fair of Adare / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- St James' Holy Well - Croagh -- Holy Wells -- Holy Wells -- Old Coins -- Kilbreedy Church and Well -- Legend of Knockfierna / Sheehan, Teresa -- Rock of the Candle / Sheehan, Teresa -- Story of a Treasure / Sheehan, Teresa -- Adare Branch of the Rockites or Whiteboys in or about the Year 1838 -- Knockfierna or Hill -- Taylors of Holly Park, Stonehall -- Story -- Story -- Story -- St Patrick Visits Carrigogunnell -- Giants of Old Build a Weir across the River Shannon at Mellon near Pallaskenry -- How Mark Johnson Became a Catholic -- Relic of the Fenian Rising of 1867 -- Poor Scholar -- Audrey de Vere -- Old Irish Customs -- Fort / Connolly, Mona -- Ghost Story / Connolly, Mona -- Hidden Treasure / Connolly, Mona -- Incident Connected with the 1798 Rebellion / Connolly, Mona -- Incident Connected with the Franciscan Abbey / Connolly, Mona -- Ghost Story / Connolly, Mona -- Story of a Fort / Sheehan, Theresa -- Biddy Purcell / Sheehan, Teresa -- Story of a Cow / Sheehan, Teresa -- Fort / Wilson, Charlotte -- Churning / Wilson, Charlotte -- Holy Well / Wilson, Charlotte -- Old Houses / Wilson, Charlotte -- Hunt / Wilson, Charlotte -- Old Houses / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Story - A Holy Well / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Landlord / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Landlord / Fitzgerald, B. -- Hedge-Schools / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Ghost Story / Sheehan, Teresa -- Local Marriage Customs / Wilson, Charlotte -- Customs / Wilson, Charlotte -- Haunted House / Sheehan, Teresa -- Guarded Treasure / Sheehan, Teresa -- Hurling / Sheehan, Teresa -- Local Forges / Wilson, Charlotte -- Local Happenings / Wilson, Charlotte -- Fort / Mhíonachain, Máire Ní -- Old Cures / Mhíonacháin, Máire Ní -- Holy Well / Mhíonacháin, Máire Ní -- Fort / Mhíonacháin, Máire Ní -- Hunt / Mhíonacháin, Máire Ní -- Cures / Tydings, Mary -- Games I Used to Play / Tydings, Mary -- Old Houses / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Hidden Treasure / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Lime-Kiln / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Holy Wells / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Old Schools / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Fort / Allen, Mary -- St Martin's Day / Allen, Mary -- Story / Allen, Mary -- Holy Wells / Allen, Mary -- Banshee / Allen, Mary -- Hunt / Allen, Mary -- Herbs / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Old Crafts / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Bread / Stokes, Maura -- Story / Allen, Mary -- Fort / Sheehan, Nora -- Fort / Hanly, Annie -- Fort / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Fort / Burke, Nancy -- Legend of a Fort / Sheehan, Teresa -- Bread / Fitzgerald, B. -- Story of a Shed / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Graveyards / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Enchanted Lake / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Cures / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Proverbs / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Riddles / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Storm / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Story / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Omens / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Leipreachans / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Burning / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Marriage Customs / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Whiteboys / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Story / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Food in Olden Times / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Bread / Carthy, Pauline Mc -- Fort / Bourke, Nancy -- Holy Well / Bourke, Nancy -- Story / Bourke, Nancy -- Bees / Bourke, Nancy -- Story / Bourke, Nancy -- Churchyards / Bourke, Nancy -- Birds as Signs of Weather / Bourke, Nancy -- Cures / Bourke, Nancy -- Story of a Churn / Hanly, Annie -- Story / Hanly, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs / Hanly, Annie -- Leipreachans / Hanly, Annie -- Curse of Tournafulla / Hanly, Annie -- Story of a Farmer and His Cow / Hanley, Annie -- Lore of Certain Days / Hanly, Annie -- Riddles / Wilson, Charlotte -- Bread / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Old Houses / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Hidden Treasure / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Local Cures / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Local Landlord / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Marriage / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Local Forges / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Care for Animals / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Bread / Fitzgerald, Brigid -- Fairy Fort / Scanlon, Annie -- Churchyard / Scanlon, Annie -- Holy Well / Scanlon, Annie -- Old Houses / Scanlon, Annie -- Ghost Story / Scanlon, Annie -- Woodcutter's Daughter / Scanlon, Annie -- Old Roads -- Old Wall of Adare -- Certain Days / Scanlon, Annie -- Old Crafts / Scanlon, Annie -- Weeds / Scanlon, Annie -- Piseoga / Hourigan, Rita -- Farm Animals / Hourigan, Rita -- Old Schools / Moloney, Nancy -- Bread / Moloney, Nancy -- The Castle of Adare / , SMM
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.