Drumloughan (Dromlachan)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (school) (Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh.

Original reference: 0221/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Leitrim schools

  1. Some '98 Stories (p. 001b-010a)
  2. Superstitions (p. 001-008)
  3. Cluain Con Maicne (p. 012a-013a)
  4. Townlands in School Area (p. 014-016)
  5. Old Fireside Games for Children (p. 017-020)
  6. Games on Hallow Eve Night (p. 020-022)
  7. Cruel King (p. 030-036)
  8. Willie the Wisp (p. 036-039)
  9. King's Promise (p. 040-046)
  10. Hudden and Dudden and Daniel O'Leary (p. 047-049)
  11. Óinseach (p. 049-052)
  12. Cruel King (p. 053-056)
  13. Fairy Pot (p. 056-059)
  14. Four Giants (p. 060-062)
  15. Irish Words in This District (p. 066-073)
  16. Historical (p. 074-081)
  17. Battle of Ballyknockan (p. 082-087)
  18. What Happened around Cloone in 98 (p. 087-095)
  19. Tooma Haughers (p. 095-096)
  20. Position of Houses and How Built (p. 096-101)
  21. Ciseán for Meal (p. 101-102)
  22. People's Diet (100 years ago) (p. 102-107)
  23. Some History of Cloone and Tooma (p. 107-111)
  24. Foods Still Made and Used in This Part of Co. Leitrim (p. 111-114)
  25. Straws (p. 115-116)
  26. Easter Sunday Prochóg (p. 116-117)
  27. Red Road to Arva (Co. Cavan) (p. 117-118)
  28. The Monuments (p. 118-119)
  29. Some May Day Customs (p. 119-121)
  30. Customs at Deaths and Funerals (p. 121-123)
  31. Building of Mud Wall Houses before 1839 (p. 123-125)
  32. Mount Ida (p. 125-127)
  33. How Lough Gowna Co. Cavan Was Formed (p. 127-128)
  34. Red Road to Arva (p. 128)
  35. Aughavas Old Church (p. 128-130)
  36. Death of John Clancy Faughill (p. 131)
  37. Lament for John Clancy (p. 131-132)
  38. O'Reillys of Augharan (p. 133-135)
  39. Eagar's Broad Road (p. 135-137)
  40. Famine (p. 137-140)
  41. Slip Coffins of '47 (p. 141)
  42. Cluain Con Maicre (p. 141-143)
  43. St Creigharee (p. 143-145)
  44. Cures (p. 146-156)
  45. Signs of Weather (p. 164-162)
Origin information
Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 221, p. 1a-164)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Leitrim (County)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Will-o'-the-wisp   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Irish language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Food--Folklore
Easter   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Death--Folklore
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
School location
Sunnagh MoreAn Sonnach MórSunnagh MoreClooneMohillLeitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4658430
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0221/1

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Leitrim 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:46584305>
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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