Selection of photographs from the National Folklore Collection which illustrates the work of the Irish Folklore Commission and its successors.
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Triúr cailíní.
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Man with rucksack.
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Ceathrar Cailín.
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Man with rucksack.
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Death memorial on Clare/Galway border.
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funeral, sochraid.
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funeral, sochraid.
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Séamus, Åke and Albert.
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Marriage Bride and groom.
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Children, Uíbh Ráthach.
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Marriage Bride and strawboy.
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Three women and a child. Granny - Great Grandmother Nanny - Grandmother Mary - Mother Erin - Daughter (18 months).
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Bride and strawboys.
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Strawboys.
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Stone alongside wall at River Street, Newry. One tradition claims that this stone came from Old Killeavy Graveyard, south Armagh, and was set at this spot so that before funerals turned up Quay Street to St. Mary's, coffins used be rested on it while mourners went into two pubs nearby to drink.
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Leachtaí at Carna.
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Children, Uíbh Ráthach.
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funeral, sochraid.
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Marriage Strawboys.
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Bride and strawboys.
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Islanders, Tory Island.
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Cailíní, Inis Meáin.
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Four young girls in Dunquin.
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