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1. Schools’ Manuscript Collection - Carna & Ballinasloe, Co. Galway / Bailiúchán na Scol - Carna agus Bhéal Átha na Sluaighe, Co. na Gaillimhe

Date:
early 1900s
Type/Formats:
text — collection
Publisher:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Abstract:
This sub-collection consists of five volumes of essays dealing with a wide range of local folk tradition and history, written by schoolchildren in 1937-38, and drawing on information recorded from parents, relatives and neighbours living in the districts of Carna and Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. [ … ]
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2. Questionnaire: Irish Famine (1845-1852)

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Date:
1945
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Contributors:
National Folklore Collection — Irish Folklore Commission
Abstract:
Questionnaire and collected material on the subject of the Irish Famine. Compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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3. Irish Dialect Archive Manuscript Collection

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)"
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Contributor:
Irish Dialect Archive (Cartlann na gCanúintí)
Abstract:
A selection of manuscript material from the Irish Dialect Archive (Cartlann na gCanúintí) of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics at UCD.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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4. Schools’ Manuscript Collection - My Home District / Bailiúchán na Scol - Mo Cheantar Féin

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Dates:
1900-1950 — 1900
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Abstract:
This sub-collection consists of a series of selected essays by schoolchildren from participating counties in Munster and Connacht entitled "My Home District", a topographical description of their own locality which they were encouraged to write. [ … ]
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5. Folklore Schools Games

Dates:
1937-2009 — 1937
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Contributors:
National Folklore Collection — Furey, Áine
Abstract:
The project seeks to build on the earlier work of the Irish Folklore Commission in collecting the Schools’ Survey in 1937-38.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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6. Questionnaire: Tinkers Travellers

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (AC)
Dates:
1952-1956 — 1952
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Media type:
application/pdf
Abstract:
Questionnaire and collected material on the subject of Tinkers [Travellers] in Ireland, issued by the Irish Folklore Commission.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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7. Urban Folklore Project (Dublin)

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Dates:
1979-1980 — 1979
Type/Formats:
Collection — Sound
Contributor:
National Folklore Collection
Abstract:
Collection of interviews and field recordings made at various locations throughout Dublin.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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8. Folk Music

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Dates:
1971-09-1972-09 — 1971-09
Type/Formats:
Collection — Sound
Contributor:
National Folklore Collection
Abstract:
Digitally reformatted audio recordings from the song collection of Tom Munnelly.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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9. Folklore Schools 1937-38

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Contributor:
National Folklore Collection
Abstract:
A collection of primary school copybooks gathered under the direction of the Irish Folklore Commission to bring together information on Irish traditions from across the country.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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10. Questionnaire: Emigration to America

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Date:
1955
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text
Media type:
application/pdf
Abstract:
Questionnaire and collected material on the subject of Irish emigration to America. Compiled by Arnold Schrier in collaboration with Seán Ó Súilleabháin of the Irish Folklore Commission.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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11. The Shan Van Vocht

Creators:
Milligan, Alice, 1866-1953 — MacManus, Anna, 1866-1902
Dates:
1896-1899 — 1896
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text — Journal
Abstract:
The Shan Van Vocht was a national monthly magazine founded in 1896 by two Belfast women, Alice Milligan and Anna Johnston (later Anna MacManus) following their departure from another journal, the Northern Patriot. The Shan Van Vocht contained literature, poetry, historical articles, and political... [ … ]
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12. Pat

Dates:
1879-12-1883-03 — 1879-12
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text — Journal
Contributors:
Hamilton, Edwin, 1849-1919 — O'Hea, John Fergus — Swan, W. P. — Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1860-1912
Abstract:
Pat was an Irish three-penny weekly satirical periodical, published and printed in Dublin by W. P. Swan. It was founded in 1879 by political cartoonist and illustrator John Fergus O'Hea, and writer and editor Edwin Hamilton. Hamilton and O'Hea had previously worked on the comic magazine Zozimus, the... [ … ]
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13. Irish Dialect Archive Card Collection

Creator:
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA)
Date:
1953/2006-10-03
Type/Formats:
Collection — Text — Relational database — Database — Dataset
Contributor:
Irish Dialect Archive (Cartlann na gCanúintí)
Abstract:
A selection of data from the Irish Dialect Archive (Cartlann na gCanúintí) Card Collection of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics at UCD.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD’s cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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14. Irish Famine Research Project

Dates:
1842-1855 — 1842
Type/Formats:
Collection — Excel spreadsheet — Dataset — Database — Index
Media type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
Cox, Catherine — Eiriksson, Andres — University College, Dublin — Ireland. Higher Education Authority (Higher Education Authority (Ireland))
Abstract:
Indexes and representative data compiled by the National Famine Commemoration Project in the Parsonstown, Ennistymon, Inishowen and Rathdrum Unions.The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) is a digitisation project launched in UCD in January 2005. The project was conceived as a means to increase and facilitate access to UCD's cultural heritage repositories through the adoption of digitisation technologies. [ … ]
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15. Response from Seaghan Mac Cuinneagáin, An Carraig, Leathbhearr, Co. Donegal.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Cuinneagáin, Seaghan — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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16. Response from Máire Ní Cholchuir, Creeslough, Co. Donegal.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ní Cholchuir, Máire — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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17. Toradh Ceistiúcháin ar Na Tíncéirí; Cúige Chonnacht Questionnaire on Tinkers; Province of Connacht

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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19. Response from Beartla Mac Donncha, Ard West, Carna, Co. Galway, collected by Séamus S. Mac Donncha, Drumraney, Co. Westmeath.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Donncha, Beartla — Mac Donncha, Séamus S. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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20. Response from Daniel Ward, Warrenpoint, Co. Down.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ward, Daniel — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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21. Response from Francis Murphy, Lenish, Clonduff, Co. Down, collected by Francis McPolin, Ballymaghery School, Hilltown, Newry, Co. Down.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Murphy, Francis — McPolin, Francis — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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22. Response from Seosamh Mac Cionnaith, Fornocht, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Cionnaith, Seosamh — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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23. Response from Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill, Templedouglas N.S., Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Dómhnaill, Seán C. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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24. Response from an unidentified 'Tinker woman', collected by Séamus Mac Ábhuidhe, Dún an Ochta, Co. Galway.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Ábhuidhe, Séamus — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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25. Response from Pádraig Ó Maolmhuaidh, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Maolmhuaidh, Pádraig — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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26. Information collected from various unidentified people in the area around Kiltyclogher, by Lorcán Ó Rúanaidhe, Corrán Mór, Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Rúanaidhe, Lorcán — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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27. Response from Mr. P. Feeney, Coney Island, Ardglass, Co. Down, collected by Domhnall Ua Cearbhaill, O.S., 24 Clifton Crescent, Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Feeney, P. — Ua Cearbhaill, Domhnall — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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28. Response from Alex McConnell, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
McConnell, Alex — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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29. Response from Annie Davison, Kinbally, Broughshane, Co. Antrim.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Davison, Annie — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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30. Information collected by Máiréad, Bean Uí Chondúin, Dún Riabhach, Co. Meath, from school children who obtained information from their parents.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Uí Chondúin, Máiréad (Bean) — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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31. Response from Mairéad Ní Chiaráin, Doireleathan, Grange, Co. Sligo.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ní Chiaráin, Mairéad — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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32. Information collected from various unidentified people by Seán Carty, Roscor, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Carty, Seán — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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33. Response from Thomas Greene, Crosskeys N.S., Co. Cavan.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Greene, Thomas — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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34. Response from Rev. John L. Spence, The Rectory, Glynn, Co. Antrim.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Spence, John L. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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35. Response from Garda Mícheál Mac Aodha, Éadondoire, Co. Offaly, collected by Pádraig Ó Conchubhair, O.S., Scoil na mBuachaillí, Éadondoire, Co. Offaly.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Aodha, Mícheál — Ó Conchubhair, Pádraig — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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36. Response from Énrí Ó hAnluain, Coill mo Lúdoig, Cúl an tSúdaire, Co. Offaly.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó hAnluain, Énrí — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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37. Response from Michael F. Waldron, Knox St., Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, enclosing two newscuttings.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Waldron, Michael F. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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38. Response from Mrs. Anne Bannon, Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford, collected by Philip Hedwith, Ballycloghan, Carrickboy, Co. Longford.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Hedwith, Philip — Ó Súilleabháin, Seán 1903-1996 — Bannon, Anne — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980 [ … ]
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39. Response from Patrick J. Corkery (Pádraig Ó Corcora), Gort na Cloiche, Co. Longford.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Corkery, Patrick J. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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40. Information collected by Margaret Steveley from members of the Cahir Guild of the Irish Countrywomen's Association, Carrigeen, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Steveley, Margaret — Irish Folklore Commission — Irish Countrywomen's Association — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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41. Two responses from Conchubhar Mac Suibhne, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow (native of Mourne Abbey, Mallow, Co. Cork).

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Suibhne, Conchubhar — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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42. Response from Énrí Tréinfhear, Booleyvogue, Ferns, Co. Wexford.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Tréinfhear, Énrí — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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43. Information collected by Eamonn Delaney, Thomastown, Golden, Co. Tipperary, from people in the area of Golden.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Delaney, Eamonn — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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44. Response from Micheál Ó Murchadha, Ballyfad, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Murchadha, Micheál — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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45. Response from Lábhras Ó Floinn, Lios Gearóid, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Floinn, Lábhras — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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46. Response from Criostóir Ó Droin, Sean Leithghlinn S. N., Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Droin, Criostóir — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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47. Response from Labhrás Ó Cadhla, Co. Waterford.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Ó Cadhla, Labhrás — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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48. Response from Frances Kelly, Monktown, Navan, Co. Meath.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Kelly, Frances — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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49. Information collected from various unidentified people by Liam P. Mac Coiligh, Church St., Moate, Co. Westmeath.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Coiligh, Liam P. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980
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50. Response from D. Ó Rúnaí, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, collected by Pádraig T. Mac Siúrtáin, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath.

Type/Formats:
Text — Questionnaire
Media type:
image/tiff
Contributors:
Mac Siúrtáin, Pádraig T. — Ó Rúnaí, D. — Irish Folklore Commission — Delargy, James Hamilton, 1899-1980