Commauns Bridge

Abstract: Story collected by Nóra Ní Cuinneogáin, a student at Eaglais school (Burren, Co. Mayo) from informant Martin Cunningham.

Original reference: 0089/1/366

 Eaglais [Vol. 0089, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools

COLLECTOR
Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní 
Gender
female
INFORMANT
Cunningham, Martin 
Gender
male
Age
60
Location
Commauns (Townland) 
Turlough (Civil parish) 
Carra (Barony) 
Mayo (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Commauns Bridge  [duchas:4345569]

Commauns Bridge was made about seven or eight years ago. My father and Patrick Jennings made it.
There was a wooden bridge before the cement bridge.
It was swept away by a flood.

Resource description

Origin information
Burren, Co. Mayo
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 020
Volume 0089
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Mongaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Land management--Riaradh talún
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Roads--Bóithre
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Burren Boirinn Burren Burren Aglish Carra Mayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4501990
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0089/1/366

Suggested credit
"Commauns Bridge"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4501990>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Mongaigh.
Funding
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.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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