DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493756
title: St Columba's, Buncrana

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Columba's, Buncrana (school) (Buncrana, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair.
description: Na Lochlannaigh -- Solas atá le Feiceáil in Rockytown -- Dóigh a bhFuair Kinnego A Ainm -- Scéaltaí fá Cholm Cille -- Scéaltaí fá Cholm Cille -- Scéaltaí fá Cholm Cille -- Riddles Commonly Heard in the District -- Christmas Rhymers -- Tuairm ar chéad bliadhain ó shoin bhí fear muigh ag baint muirinighe ar an chósta. -- Lá amháin tamall maith bliadhanta ó shoin bhí triúr feirmeoirí as Desertegney ag teacht isteach go Buncrannaighe. -- Ins na bliadhanta a chuaidh thart beireadha ar móran sgadáin i Loch Súiligh. -- Oidhche amháin bhí fear as na Illies ag dul abhaile as an bhaile mhór ... -- When you rise up in the morning ¶ And looking for a cure ... -- One time there was a girl from Gransha keeping company with a Protestant. -- At the present time in Buncrana lives an old man called William Kavanagh. -- In the penal days when there was a price on the head of every priest. -- There was a well in Desertegney said to have been blessed by St Egney. -- Once a ghost was supposed to be seen in Gartyargan. -- One night there was an old woman coming home from midnight mass. -- One day two men went out hunting with dogs. -- Bonnie Wee Green in Ballynarry -- At one time a man decided to build a house on the green. -- James and Mary McLoughlin used to live in a small thatched house near the green. -- Scéaltaí fá Cholm Cille -- Old Mill -- There is a place up in the Gransha hills known as the Giants' Den. -- Scéal Eile fá Cholm Cille -- Once there was a man called Pat McKinney living out in Fallask. -- There lived a man in Ballymagan called James Donaghy. -- When the Danes were in Ireland they made a tunnel from Fr Hegarty's Rock to Dirren near Kinnego. -- There was a beautiful girl living in Desertegney at one time. -- Hidden Treasure / Doherty, John F. O' -- Hidden Treasure / Laughlin, Colm Mc -- There are three standing stones in Hugh Mc Carrons field in Lower Granshaw in the parish of Bunorana which mark the graves of three brothers. / Laughlin, Charles Mc -- Games - The Priest of the Parish / Groarty, George Mc -- Playing Marbles / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Chestnuts / Doherty, Patrick -- Holes / Fraser, Barney -- Weather-Lore / Quigley, Colm -- Weather-Lore / Lynch, Jack -- Local Cures / Groarty, George Mc -- Hidden Treasure -- Local Cures / Cutliffe, Seamus -- Jack Jack Show Your Light / Cutliffe, Seamus -- Local Cures / Doherty, Patrick -- One time there was a man called Pat Kearney that lived in a place called Carolina. / Campbell, Charles -- Blacksmith and His Forge -- Funny Story -- Local Cures / Doherty, Patrick -- Superstitions / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Homemade Toys / Groarty, George Mc -- Local Toys / Cutliffe, Seamus -- Story / Hopkins, George -- Game / Hopkins, George -- When lightening comes some people make a cross out of turf. / Grant, Colm -- Lore of Certain Days / Doherty, Patrick -- Lore of Certain Days / Doherty, John F. O' -- Herbs / Groarty, George Mc -- Herbs / Cutliff, Seamus -- Hedge-School / Campbell, Charles -- Old School / Quigley, Colm -- Sinking of the Laurentic / Doherty, John F. O' -- Proverbs -- Story / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Story / Cutliffe, Seamus -- Story / Quigley, Colm -- Story / Grant, Colm -- Shandrum Still / Doherty, Robert -- Story / Laughlin, Charles Mc -- Story / Doherty, John F. O' -- Catching Trout / Cutliffe, Seamus -- Food in Olden Times / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Famine / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Valley of Fahan / Quigley, Colm -- Twas on a dewy summer's night, it hounds my recollection still / Laughlin, Colm Mc -- There is a flat stone in a place called the Green Hill. / Campbell, Charles -- Local Marriage Customs / Doherty, John F. O' -- Story / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Rockytown Light / Laughlin, Colm Mc -- Funny Story / Fraser, Barney -- Story / Cracken, Andy Mc -- How Will o' the Wisp got His Name / Doherty, Patrick -- Story / Laughlin, Charles Mc -- Story / Groarty, George Mc -- Old Crafts / Colgan, John Mc -- In the Penal Times / Colgan, John Mc -- Local Place Names / Colgan, John Mc -- Local Cures / Keany, Joe -- Homemade Toys -- Severe Weather / Duggan, Stephen -- Funny Story / Laughlin, Sheamus Mc -- Old Crafts / Lynch, Michael -- Local Cures / Smith, Colm -- Old Crafts / Porter, Patrick -- Old Crafts / Laughlin, James Mc -- Local Cures / Laughlin, James Mc -- 1932 Election / Cramsie, Miss J. -- Story / Laughlin, Charles Mc -- Three Stones / Cracken, Andy Mc -- Funny Story / Fraser, Corney -- Place Names / Doherty, John F. O' -- Story / Doherty, John F. O' -- Story / Laughlin, Charles Mc -- Swilly's Lovely Shore / Laughlin, Colm Mc -- One day Colmcille was passing through Umricam. / Laughlin, Colm Mc -- Story / Quigley, Colm -- Story / Campbell, Charles -- Story / Campbell, Charles -- Riddles / Fraser, Corney -- Story / Quigley, Colm -- Story / Quigley, Colm -- Story / Donnell, James O' -- Story / Barr, Michael
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.