Dear Grandma I hope you are well...


Story collected by Ann Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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In the County Tipperary there lived a priest who appealed to his...


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant Mrs Con Delaney.

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Long long ago the people around used to go to the castle...


Story collected by J. Kilmartin, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant James Maher.

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Dysertheigh near Holycross...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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One evening I was working in the school garden. ...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Co. Limerick Expression


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Riddles


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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There long ago there lived the old clan of the Dooleys.


Story collected by Willie Dooley, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant James Dooley.

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The old road from Limerick to Dublin...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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The Monument Tree


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant J. Carrolll.

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One night Peter Brophy was out walking in a field...


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant Peter Brophy.

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In 1855 an old Hedge-Schoolmaster lived in Camross. ...


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant John Breen.

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List of Thatched Houses in the Parish


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Ethnographic


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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A Game was played long ago...


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant Captain Evans.

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In Derrynasaora between the Story Road...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Rats are a sign of enemies...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Camross, Mountrath


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Camross, Mountrath (school) (Camross, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Heifernáin.

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Johnny Carroll Shrahane & Ned Cordial were rambling...


Story collected by a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant John Breen.

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There is a rath at the south side of Pluck's Bridge. ...


Story collected by Thomas Bergin, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) from informant John Breen.

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In the Gap of Glandine...


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Sweep Down to the Well for a Bucket of Water


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Monument Bush


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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Glens in the Mountain


Story collected by P.J. Heffernan, a student at Camross, Mountrath school (Camross, Co. Laois) (no informant identified).

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