During a snowstorm of some years ago the Mail bar which had come from Mallow to collect the mails got stuck half way between Liscarroll and Churchtown.

Abstract: Story collected by Edmond Galligan, a student at Brughtheine (B.), Malla school (Churchtown, Co. Cork) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0368/1/87

 Brughtheine (B.), Malla [Vol. 0368, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cork Schools

COLLECTOR
Galligan, Edmond 
Gender
male
Location
Ballynaboul (Townland) 
Churchtown (Civil parish) 
Orrery and Kilmore (Barony) 
Cork (County) 

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Origin information
Churchtown, Co. Cork
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 098
Volume 0368
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
School location
Churchtown Baile an Teampaill Churchtown Churchtown Churchtown Orrery and Kilmore Cork
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5179622
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0368/1/87

Suggested credit
"During a snowstorm of some years ago the Mail bar which had come from Mallow to collect the mails got stuck half way between Liscarroll and Churchtown."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5179622>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh.
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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