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Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile an Chaisleáin (school) (Castletownshend, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Donnabháin.

Original reference: 0298/4

Baile an Chaisleáin

Donnabháin, Seán 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

The Parish of Glenbarrahane - Gleann Bearcháin (p. 201-220)
Scéal (p. 221)
Scéal (p. 221-222)
Scéal (p. 222-223)
Scéal (p. 223)
Scéal (p. 223-224)
Scéal (p. 225)
Scéal (p. 225-226)
Sweet Castletownshend Demesne (p. 227-229)
Scéal i dtaobh Seán Uí Choileáin (p. 229-230)
Scéal (p. 230-231)
Scéal (p. 232)
Scéal (p. 232)
Scéal (p. 233)
Péicín Nelson (p. 233-234)
Scéal (p. 234-235)
A Hidden Treasure (p. 235)
Girl in the Lios (p. 235-236)
Scéal (p. 236)
Scéal (p. 237-238)
Scéal (p. 238-239)
There was a woman long ago and she had a son eighteen years, who never went out, so they called him "Myles in the Ashes". (p. 239-242)
Parish Churches (p. 243)
Scéal (p. 244-246)
Scéal (p. 246-247)
Scéal (p. 247)
Old Traditions (p. 248-253)
Scéal (p. 254)
Scéal (p. 254-255)
Scéal (p. 255-256)
Scéal (p. 256)
Superstitious Sayings (p. 257)
Sherkin Abbey (p. 257)
Tobairín Handsome. (p. 258-263)
The bottom of Fornenaught was "spotted with houses" that time and they were all starving so they went up to Townshends' fields and hunted a couple of bullocks down the wood. (p. 263-264)
Horse Island is the modern name of Oileán Mholagha. (p. 264)

Resource description

Origin information: Castletownshend, Co. Cork
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: 1 chapter (vol. 298, p. 200-266)
Languages: English engirish gle
Genre: Chapter
Subject: Folklore--Ireland--Cork (County); Folk poetry linked data (lcsh); Supernatural beings linked data (afset); Jokes linked data (lcsh); Verbal arts and literature linked data (afset); Historic sites linked data (lcsh); Treasure troves--Folklore; Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.; Traditional medicine linked data (lcsh); Folk beliefs linked data (afset); Weather--Folklore; Manners and customs linked data (lcsh)
School location: Castletownshend Baile an Chaisleáin Castletownshend Castlehaven Carbery West (E.D.) Cork
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4798764
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0298/4
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:47987645>
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.