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Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí (school) (Moyderwell, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Antoin.

Original reference: 0440/3

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Kerry schools

  1. How the Abha na Loinge Báine Got Its Name (p. 225-226)
  2. Monks in Rathmore (p. 226-229)
  3. Nohival (p. 229-231)
  4. Old Fort (p. 231-233)
  5. Moving Bog (p. 233-234)
  6. Local Cures (p. 235-236)
  7. Nohival Graveyard (p. 237)
  8. Story (p. 238-240)
  9. Riobárd Seóigh - Diabhal Páirc na Daraí (p. 241-242)
  10. Night of the Great Wind (p. 243-244)
  11. Story (p. 245-246)
  12. Hidden Treasure (p. 246-247)
  13. Story (p. 247-248)
  14. Story (p. 249)
  15. Story (p. 250-251)
  16. Old Customs (p. 252)
  17. When a married couple are leaving the church... (p. 253)
  18. Why Moyderwell is so Called (p. 253)
  19. Devil's Hole Field (p. 254-255)
  20. Story (p. 256)
  21. Founded on Fact (p. 257-259)
  22. One night a certain man was coming from town. He had a pony and trap... (p. 260)
  23. Superstitions (p. 261-264)
  24. Old Cures (p. 264-265)
  25. Old Stories (p. 266-267)
  26. Old Stories (p. 267-268)
  27. Old Stories (p. 268-269)
  28. Old Stories (p. 270)
  29. How the Feale Got Its Name (p. 271)
  30. In a part of the Rathmore district there is a big spacious house. In olden times it was haunted nobody ever lived in its vicinity... (p. 272-273)
  31. Long ago, there lived a man named Sean Com in Craol na Spride about two and a half mile from Castleisland... (p. 273-274)
  32. One of the Local Landlords in Castlemaine (p. 275)
  33. Story of Ballyheige (p. 276-279)
  34. Midnight Experience (p. 280-283)
  35. Recent Occurrence (p. 283-287)
  36. Unheeded Warning (p. 287-291)
  37. Voice from the Past (p. 292-295)
  38. Dummy's Confession (p. 295-297)
  39. Marcach an Teampaill (p. 297-298)
  40. Story about Forts (p. 299-300)
  41. Ghost Story (p. 300-301)
  42. Unheeded Warning (p. 301-302)
  43. How Kilcara Got Its Name (p. 303)
  44. Old Marriage Customs (p. 303-304)
  45. Midnight Hurling Match (p. 305-306)
  46. Experiences in the Cooke's House (p. 306-308)
  47. Rocky Tomb (p. 309)
  48. Ghostly Funeral (p. 310-311)
  49. In the Pond Field (p. 311-313)
  50. Coming from the Wake (p. 314)
  51. One day two or three girls went from Baltovin to the Lixnaw races... (p. 315)
  52. A girl was coming home, one night, from her cousin's house and when she was coming near her own house she saw a shadow moving inside the fence... (p. 315-316)
  53. A certain man was dying and he wanted a priest. The priest was notified, and as he had to travel through a thick forest, he asked a neighbour to travel with him... (p. 316-318)
  54. After fifty years ago there lived in Cappaclough Jack "Mararty" and his wife Maire Keane... (p. 318-321)
  55. There was a man by the name of O'Shea living at Ventry at the west of Dingle... (p. 322-323)
  56. One night there was a man from Inch coming home after playing cards about one o'clock... (p. 324-327)
  57. One night about thirty years ago a man was going to the strand for seaweeds... (p. 328-330)
  58. One night a doctor was coming home from a patient who lived a good distance outside the town... (p. 331-333)
  59. Bhí fear ag suibhal an bóthar oidhche amháin agus tuithim na h-oidhche a bhí ann, agus é ag siubhal leis féin in áit uaigneach... (p. 333-335)
  60. Gallows Green (p. 336-337)
  61. Ghost of Gleann Scoithín (p. 337-338)
  62. Story (p. 339-342)
  63. Maugha Bonfire (p. 343-345)
  64. Local Occurrence (p. 346-347)
  65. Local Superstitions (p. 347-350)
  66. Story (p. 351)
  67. Story (p. 352-353)
  68. Churning (p. 354)
  69. Story of Ballybeggan (p. 355-356)
  70. Judy Pay the Rent (p. 357-364)
  71. Great Barry of Carranterna (p. 364-371)
  72. Story (p. 371-377)
  73. Ghostly Funeral (p. 377-379)
  74. Story (p. 380-381)
  75. Tobar Eidhne (p. 382-384)
  76. Mhurúch (p. 385-387)
  77. Ghlas Ghaibhneach (p. 387-388)
  78. Cloch an tSagairt (p. 389-390)
  79. There is a house on the roadside within a mile of Killarney, where nobody ever spent a whole night without being attacked by the fairies and put out... (p. 390-391)
  80. In a house on the hillside of Kerry, there was a crowd of boys playing cards... (p. 391-392)
  81. Pósaithe (p. 393-394)
  82. Cures (p. 395)
  83. Story (p. 396-397)
  84. How Tournafulla Got Its Name (p. 398-399)
  85. Naomh Moling (p. 400-402)
  86. Scéal (p. 403)
  87. Scéal (p. 404-405)
  88. Scéal (p. 406)
  89. Scéal (p. 407)
  90. Scéal (p. 408)
  91. Bhí bean amuigh i Mura Grán agus níor chuaidh sé go dtí an aifreann Domhnach amháin... (p. 409)
  92. Story (p. 410)
  93. Story (p. 411-412)
  94. Old Story (p. 413-419)
  95. Reen (p. 419-421)
  96. True Story (p. 422-423)
  97. True Story (p. 424-427)
Origin information
Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 440, p. 224-427)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kerry
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Winds--Folklore
Treasure troves--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Mermaids   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
School location
MoyderwellTobar Mhaigh DorKerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4706329
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0440/3

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Kerry schools," held by the National Folklore Collection UCD. © Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:47063295>
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.

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