Mín na Cille, Mainistir na Féile

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Mín na Cille, Mainistir na Féile (school) (Meenkilly, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Aindrias Ó Dúnadhuighe.

Original reference: 0494/3

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Limerick schools

  1. Faction Fight (p. 151)
  2. Faction Fighting (p. 152)
  3. Wakes Long Ago (p. 153)
  4. Two men had a bet which would the sister or the wife cry the most after a man. (p. 154)
  5. John Byrne (p. 155)
  6. Landlords (p. 156)
  7. Hedge-Schools (p. 157-158)
  8. Father Casey (p. 159)
  9. Killeedy Well (p. 160)
  10. Famine (p. 161)
  11. Famine (p. 162)
  12. Hedge-School (p. 163)
  13. Carting the Butter to Cork (p. 164)
  14. Big Flood (p. 165)
  15. Flax Grown at Home (p. 166)
  16. Flax (p. 167)
  17. Pishogues (p. 168)
  18. Ghost of Kilconlea (p. 169)
  19. Old Church in Abbeyfeale (p. 170)
  20. Coopers (p. 171)
  21. Blessed Wells (p. 172)
  22. How Tournafulla Got its Name (p. 173)
  23. O Connor Family (p. 174)
  24. Old Forts (p. 175)
  25. Moonlighters (p. 176)
  26. How the River Feale Got its Name (p. 177-178)
  27. Old Graveyards (p. 179)
  28. Léim an tSagairt (p. 180)
  29. On the Kerry-Cork line near the bounds of the three counties, can be seen the remains of a house. (p. 181)
  30. How Acres Got its Name (p. 182)
  31. Wool (p. 183)
  32. Pishogues (p. 184)
  33. First National School Here (p. 185)
  34. Flax (p. 186)
  35. Foxes Keel (p. 187)
  36. Crowd of Horsemen (p. 188)
  37. Story of Kilinach Well (p. 189)
  38. Hungry Grass (p. 190)
  39. Threshing Long Ago (p. 191)
  40. May Day (p. 192)
  41. Famine (p. 193)
  42. Eviction at Abbeyfeale Hill as Late as 1905 (p. 194-195)
  43. Taur (p. 196)
  44. Flock Fiadh (p. 197)
  45. Story of the Holy Well (p. 198)
  46. Pishogue Story (p. 199)
  47. Old School (p. 200)
  48. Spinning Wool (p. 201)
  49. Pishogue Story (p. 202)
  50. Story (p. 203)
  51. Story (p. 204)
  52. Story (p. 205)
  53. Fairy Tale (p. 206)
  54. Faction Fight (p. 207)
  55. Sixty or seventy years ago Land Lordism was the chief concern of the farming community in this country. (p. 208)
  56. Landlordism (p. 209)
  57. Landlord (p. 210)
  58. Story (p. 211-212)
  59. Customs at Wakes (p. 213)
  60. Pishogues (p. 214)
  61. November's Night (p. 215)
  62. Story (p. 216-217)
  63. Story (p. 218)
  64. Famine (p. 219)
  65. Famine (p. 220)
Origin information
Meenkilly, Co. Limerick
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 494, p. 149-220)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Limerick (County)
Gangs   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Rain and rainfall   linked data (lcsh)
Coopering   linked data (afset)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Secret societies   linked data (lcsh)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Fenians   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
May (Month)--Folklore
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Animals--Folklore
Textile industry   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Wake services   linked data (lcsh)
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
School location
MeenkillyMín na CilleAbbeyfealeGlenquinLimerick
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921985
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0494/3

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Limerick 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:49219855>
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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