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Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (school) (Knocknagree, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Díarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin.

Original reference: 0358/2

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Cork schools

Stories

  1. Cnoc na Groighe - the hill of the Stud-Horse - is rich in béaloideas... (p. 301-354)
  2. Cnoc na Groidhe - the hill of the stud-horse has a very interesting history. (p. 355-358)
  3. Old Customs (p. 359-393)
  4. Christenings (p. 394-407)
  5. Death (p. 407-426)
  6. Account of the Evictions at Scrahan March 1880 (p. 427-433)
  7. Other Odds and Ends of Stories (p. 434-435)
  8. Another Little Story From Michael Dennehy (p. 436-437)
  9. Michael informed me in our talk on Nora gCud (the spinning woman) that spinning women went from house to house and often spent months in the one house. (p. 438)
  10. On some other occasion let us hope we'll meet Michael... (p. 439-440)
  11. I had a talk with Miss Minnie Buckley (aged 68) of Park. (p. 440-442)
  12. The Land League (p. 443-446)
  13. Mrs Kitty O'Connell (née Kelleher) of Farrankeal aged 80 gave me an account of their eviction and some interesting recollections of her youth. (p. 447-457)
  14. The Teacher v the Farmer - For the Hand of a Maiden (p. 457-458)
  15. Ceann Eile a Thug Sean-Bhrighid Dom (p. 459-460)
  16. Agus Ceann Eile Fós ó Bhrighid (p. 460-461)
  17. Considering that her late husband Patsy Sheehan was born in 1841 I tried to get some of his tales of the famine and after from Mrs Sheehan and both she and Jeremiah gave me the following. (p. 461-462)
  18. Another tale about Moll's destitution was given to me by Ned Buckley... (p. 463)
  19. A Dennehy man in Nohoval fed the people with turnips. (p. 464-466)
  20. An unknown man was found dead in the famine times... (p. 468-471)
  21. John O'Connell's Account of the Land League (p. 472-480)
  22. In a further talk with Denis Dennehy (64) of Scrahan he spoke of the Church, the times, the people and their "clanishness". (p. 481-491)
  23. I have heard some interesting tales of (a) Ghost and Famine (b) Lights, (c) Persons going astray (d) Funerals. (p. 491-494)
  24. (a) (Re lights) what my mother told you about the lights is quite true because as a young lad the lives were frightened out of us by those lights. (p. 494-502)
  25. At the time of the Land League, Michael Dennehy told me, three men from the Knocknagree Branch were ordered to meet a number of men from the Kerry side... (p. 502-505)
  26. I paid a visit to Mrs. Mary Bohan (Senior) Nohoval Upper Knocknagree. (p. 505-508)
  27. Faction Fights (p. 509-511)
  28. Beliefs and Customs (p. 512-528)
  29. Knocknagree Boys' School (p. 521-527)
  30. Final Few Pages (p. 529)
  31. An Caoineadh Deireanach a Chualathas i gCnoc na Graí (p. 529-530)
  32. Here is an Irish 'Rosary' for the Dead which Mrs Sheehan and her family have said and still say on the three nights... (p. 531)
  33. Scéilín i dTaobh Eoghain Ruaidh Uí Súilleabháin (p. 532)

Resource description

Origin information
Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 358, p. 297-537)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Cork (County)
Death--Folklore
Textile industry   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Gangs   linked data (lcsh)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Knocknagree Cnoc na Graí Knocknagree Duhallow Cork
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921764
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0358/2

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:49217645>
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.

School location

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