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Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Presentation Brothers' School, Cóbh (school) (Cóbh, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An Bráthair Ó Doghair.

Original reference: 0385/4

Presentation Brothers' School, Cóbh

Doghair, An Bráthair Ó [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Cork schools

Stories

Story (p. 361-362)
Story (p. 363)
How the Tea Road got Its Name - The Tea Road Connects Cuskinny with Ballynoe Bridge (p. 364)
Story (p. 364-365)
Rocky Island (p. 366-367)
Daunt's Rock Lightship (p. 367-368)
Thatching (p. 369-371)
'Mary Russel' (p. 371-373)
Mass Rock (p. 374-375)
Smuggling (p. 376)
Headless Coach on the Tea Road (p. 377-379)
East Ferry (p. 380-382)
Schoolmaster Poet of Spike Island (p. 383-392)
Belvelly Castle (p. 393-397)
Long ago the houses on the Great Island were of timber construction. (p. 397-398)
Drake's Pool (p. 399)
Cure (p. 400)
Rostellan (p. 400-401)
Cobh (p. 401-404)
Spike Island (p. 405-412)
Long ago when the admirals used to live in the house where the Convent of Mount St Mary is now... (p. 413)
Historic Note (p. 414)
Cures (p. 415)
Story about the Great Island (p. 416-417)
Famine (p. 419-420)
Story about the Great Island (p. 421-423)
Fenians (p. 422)
Presentation College and Schools Cobh (p. 424-425)
Of the many who yearly visit East Ferry there are but few who have wandered to the neighbouring district of Ballybrazil... (p. 426-436)
Parochial Organisation (p. 437-439)
Ballybrassil School (p. 440-441)
Place Names in the Locality (p. 442-443)

Resource description

Origin information: Cóbh, Co. Cork
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: 1 chapter (vol. 385, p. 360A-443)
Languages: English eng
Genre: Chapter
Subject: Folklore--Ireland--Cork (County); Roads linked data (lcsh); Occupations linked data (lcsh); Thatched roofs linked data (lcsh); Supernatural beings linked data (afset); Folk poetry linked data (lcsh); Traditional medicine linked data (lcsh); Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.; Fenians linked data (lcsh); Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852; local legends linked data (afset)
School location: Cóbh An Cóbh Cóbh Clonmel Barrymore Cork
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921872
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0385/4
Suggested credit: "The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Cork 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:49218725>
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.