Doora, Cuinche

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Doora, Cuinche (school) (Deerpark, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Cáit Diolún.

Original reference: 0594/2

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Clare schools

Stories

  1. One morning my grandfather was going to Limerick with two pigs in a horse car. (p. 061-062)
  2. Once upon a time there was a man living by himself in a little house. (p. 062-063)
  3. Once upon a time there lived a poor man in a little haunted house up near Ennis. (p. 063-064)
  4. Once upon a time there was a man and he used to go out every night. (p. 065)
  5. There was an old man who lived in a house in Clare. (p. 066)
  6. My father told me story last night which he heard from my grandfather. (p. 067)
  7. There is a fort in a field near my house. (p. 068)
  8. My grandfather told me this story. (p. 069-070)
  9. Once upon a time there was a man and he was very poor. (p. 071-072)
  10. Once upon a time there lived a man. (p. 073-074)
  11. My father told me a story last night about a banshee. (p. 074-075)
  12. The school was injured by lightning in the year 1929. (p. 075-076)
  13. A man that lived near my father one time. (p. 076-077)
  14. I heard a story about a man who lived near Limerick. (p. 078-079)
  15. There is a field at the back of Mr McInerney's house. It is called 'the fairies field'. (p. 080-081)
  16. There is a big crag not far from my house. (p. 082)
  17. The name of my townland is Manus. (p. 083-084)
  18. My father said that he was coming home from Limerick one night in the horse car and it was very dark. (p. 084-085)
  19. Lord Leckinfield was the landlord of Manus long ago. (p. 086-087)
  20. My father told me a story during the Christmas about a field that is near our house. (p. 087-088)
  21. Once upon a time there lived a man who lived near my Father and he was very poor. (p. 089)
  22. The remains of an old house is in Miss Lynch's land. (p. 090-091)
  23. My grandfather told me a story about a rock that is at the back of Miss Mac Inerney's house. (p. 091-092)
  24. The houses of long ago were made of mud. (p. 092-093)
  25. One night my grandfather was coming home from town and he was walking. (p. 094-095)
  26. There is a big lios in a field in McInerney's land. (p. 096-097)
  27. My father told me a story about a big field that is at the back of my aunt's house. (p. 098-099)
  28. Mr Mac Donnell was the Landlord of all the townland of Doora and Ballyvanavan. (p. 099-100)
  29. The children of long ago hardly ever bought toys. (p. 100-101)
  30. There is a blessed well in Newhall. (p. 102)
  31. Manus is the name of my townland. (p. 103-104)
  32. There is a leprechaun often seen in McInerney's grove. (p. 105-106)
  33. There is an old ruin at the back of our house. (p. 106-107)
  34. There is a graveyard not far away from our house. (p. 107)
  35. There was a shop at the Mine which was owned by Mrs O'Loughlin. (p. 108-109)
  36. Once upon a time there was a man living with his wife in a little house not far away from Ennis. (p. 109-110)
  37. There was a man living alone one time. (p. 111)
  38. There is the ruins of an old hunter's shop that was there long ago in the townland of Drumdulcacney. (p. 112)
  39. The people of long ago used no tea. (p. 113)
  40. There is a holy well near the Mental Hospital. (p. 114-115)
  41. The houses long ago were mostly made of mud. (p. 115-116)
  42. There is a very old graveyard in Quin. (p. 117-118)
  43. A leprechaun is a very small little man. (p. 118-119)
  44. There is a holy well not far away from Lisdoonvarna. (p. 120)
  45. The people long ago generally used to get married at one certain time of the year called Shrove. (p. 121)
  46. Long ago the houses were all built of mud and were called mud cabins. (p. 122)
  47. There are the ruins of an old grocer's shop in one of Mr McInerney's fields. (p. 123-124)
  48. There is a fort in Delahunty's land. (p. 125)
  49. Major G. O'Grady was the landlord of our land long ago. (p. 126)
  50. There is a holy well in Ballyea in the parish of Clare Castle. (p. 127)
  51. Once upon a time there was a man who lived in this district. (p. 128-129)
  52. The people long ago generally got married at a time of the year called Shrove which lasted from Little Christmas day until Shrove Tuesday. (p. 130)

Resource description

Origin information
Deerpark, Co. Clare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 594, p. 60-130)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Clare
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
Thunder   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
School location
Deerpark Páirc na bhFianna Deerpark Doora Bunratty Upper Clare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5177637
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0594/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Clare 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:51776375>
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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