Stamullen


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Stamullen (school) (Stamullen, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Áine, Bean Uí Ghamhna.

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Names of Fields


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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How Picket Hill Got its Name on the Farm of Mr T. McCourt Stamullen


Story collected by John Healy, a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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The unoccupied house in front of Stamullen school belonged to a family named Long.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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When St Patrick came to Ireland on his first Mission he is supposed to have built his first church in the valley...


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Miss L. Martin.

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At Gormanstown the mail coach was robbed by Collier the robber.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Miss L. Martin.

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It is said that Cromwell's soldiars stopped in a field in the Gormanston Demesne called the Avenue.


Story collected by Roger Murphy, a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Peter Whelan.

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Hidden Treasure


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Mrs Lanehan.

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Local Cures for Cattle


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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In Gormanstown Castle there are shoulder straps with a brass buckle and printed on them is "The Gormanstown Infantry...


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Thomas Murphy.

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There were two men named Lamb and Duff hanged on Mullaghteeling for stealing 5s.9d.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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When Cromwell was marching to Wexford after taking Drogheda he stopped at Gormanston Castle for one night...


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Thomas Murphy.

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It is said that when the Danes came to Ireland they built caves in a field called Headland Way in the Gormanston Demesne to hide in.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Miss L. Martin.

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Games - Buttons


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Games - Hell, Heaven and Purgatory


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Mrs. Laura Dunphy, Stamullen, was told by her Grandfather that on the night of the Big Wind the door of their house...


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Mrs Laura Dunphy.

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There are two graveyards in this parish Stamullen and Moorchurch.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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On olden times fairies used to frequent the fields, I often heard the old people say, that there was a circus one night...


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Mrs Curtis.

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Games - Pussy Four Corners


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Games - Hide and Seek


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Games


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Local Shipwrecks


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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During Cromwells invasion of Ireland when advanceing to take possession of Gormanstown Castle his soldiers...


Story collected by Roger Murphy, a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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It is said that Matties Wood (a wood on the Gormanstown Estate) is called after the man who built Gormanstown Castle.


Story collected by a student at Stamullen school (Stamullen, Co. Meath) from informant Miss L. Martin.

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