DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428047
title: Baile Mhic Citheóla

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile Mhic Citheóla (school) (Ballymackeehola, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Mac Giolla Bharraigh.
description: Folklore / Boyle, Agnes Mary O' -- In the village of Ballymachola there lived a fairly young man named Jack Kearney. / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- About fifty or sixty years ago there lived a fairly old woman named Peggy Gaughan. / Doherty, Anne K. -- About 80 years ago there lived in Ballycastle a man whose name was Minister Burke. / Gilvarry, Mary Gertrude -- One night John Walsh went to the well at a late hour about twenty years ago. / Hora, Vera O' -- About sixty years ago there were nine men working at Mr Featherstone. / Boyle, Kathleen O' -- About eighty years ago my great-grand father in his day used to cut his turf in the Rathoma bog. / Andrew, Mary Joe Mc -- There was a parish priest in Moygownagh about eighty years ago whose name was Fr. Cawley. / Gilvarry, Eileen -- In olden times there lived in the Parish of Crossmolina a party named Connors. / Boyle, Agnes M. O' -- In the Parish of Moygownagh about eighty years ago there lived a family named Cafferty. / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- About sixty or seventy years ago there was a man who intended to get married. / Doherty, Annie K. -- About eighty years ago there lived an old woman named Mrs Kilroy. / Boyle, Kathleen O' -- Folklore / Gilvarry, Mary G. J. -- In this locality about sixty years ago there were two brothers named Thomas and Paddy Bourke. / Hora, Vera O' -- In the village of Glenmore, about ninety years ago there lived a fairly old woman named Nora Smith. / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- In the village of Rathmore about seventy-five years ago there lived an old woman named Peggy Gaughan. / Gilvarry, James A. -- In olden times all the sheep of the country had a very bad disease. / Boyle, Agnes M. O' -- There lived in Moygownagh about sixty years ago a priest named Rev. Fr. Kelly. / Gilvarry, Eileen -- Folklore / Gilvarry, Mary G. -- Folklore / Gilvarry, Mary G. -- Folklore / Gilvarry, Mary G. J. -- About eighty or ninety years ago faction fights used to be carried on at the fairs of Townrahowen and Newtown. / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- In this townland about eighty ago there lived a delicate wife and husband and ten children. / Hora, Vera O' -- People in this district were very careful about minding their butter from fairies. / Gilvarry, Eileen -- About seventy years ago there lived a man named Johnny Ruane and his wife in Ballycastle. / Andrew, Mary J. Mc -- Creels / Holmes, John -- Creels / Boyle, Agnes M. O' -- Creels and Their Uses / Gilvarry, James A.P. -- Tinkers / Gilvary, Mary -- Tinkers / Boyle, Aggie O' -- Peter Flannery / Gilvarry, Mary G. -- Round Tower of Killala / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- Weather-Lore / Andrew, Richard Mc -- Churning Customs / Boyle, Agnes M. O' -- Churning Customs / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- Care of Our Cows / Gilvarry, Bridie -- Care of Our Cows / Curran, Matty -- Local Cures / Andrew, Mary Joe Mc -- Local Cures / Holmes, Eddie -- Bloodletting / Boyle, Agnes M. O' -- Strawboys / Andrew, Mary J. Mc -- Strawboys / Holmes, Michael J. -- Wedding Customs / Boyle, Kathleen O' -- Fairs of Tonrehowen / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- Ceailí / Gilvarry, James A. P. -- Flail / Gilvarry, Bridie
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.