Folklore - My Native Village

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Maigh Locha (Buachaillí) school (Moylough, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0081/1/1

 Maigh Locha (Buachaillí) [Vol. 0081, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Folklore - My Native Village  [duchas:4596726]

My native village is Gurteen. It is in the parish of Mount Bellew and in the barony of Killian.
There are twenty houses and all are slated. There is a population of one hundred people. The most common family name is Crehan. The type of houses are low bungalow type with the exception of a few that are two storeys high. 
There are a few old people in the village such as my grandmother and grandfather. They know a little Irish but can tell no stories in Irish only in English. There are some ruins of houses in from the road where people lived in the penal days.
Some young people emigrated to America where they lived for some years and returned again to Ireland.
The land is level around my home and it is good for tillage. There ias a bog about a mile away.

Folklore - My Native Village  [duchas:4596728]

There are two woods the Mount Bellew wood and the Cloghar wood. There is a lake and two rivers in the place but there is no story or song about them.

Resource description

Origin information
Moylough, Co. Galway
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 001-002
Volume 0081
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Muiris Ó Héigeartaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
local legends   linked data (afset)
Local lore, place-lore--Seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas
School location
Moylough Maigh Locha Moylough Tiaquin Galway
Story location
Gorteen Goirtín Gorteen Cappalusk Ballymacward Tiaquin Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4630118
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0081/1/1

Suggested credit
"Folklore - My Native Village"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_4630118>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Muiris Ó Héigeartaigh.
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.

Story location (Gorteen)

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