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Firoda; Meachair, Dáithí Ó; Keating, Mary; Coady, A.; Corcoran, Bridie; Healy, Nicholas; Coady, Patrick; Brennan, Bridie; Coady, Abraham; Coady, Michael; Walsh, Bessie; Kavanagh, Thomas; Brennan, Thomas. - : National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin, 1937
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Abstract:
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Firoda (school) (Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Dáithí Ó Meachair. ... : Firoda (Fíoghair Ua Duach), is a townland... -- Plan of District Showing Relative Positions of Townlands... -- Linguistic -- Words etc that Have Been Adopted into the Ordinary Speech of this District -- Ethnographic -- Historic -- Historic -- Two whiteboys Fox and Crennan were stabbed by the Toeman; -- Another account of the same event is :- At the Ballinakill side of the moate once stood the house... / Keating, Mary -- Famine / Coady, A. -- Famine -- The local "Estate" was Wandesforde's of Castlecomer. -- The O' Brennan clan ruled over this district and the following names and families have come down... / Corcoran, Bridie -- Firoda Castle / Healy, Nicholas -- Demesne Castles / Coady, Patrick -- Castle of the Dens / Keating, Mary -- Battle of Boherkyle / Brennan, Bridie -- Mass Bush / Coady, Abraham -- Holy Well / Coady, Patrick -- Old Oak Chest / Coady, Michael -- Priest on the Run to Castlecomer -- Faction Fight -- Field where a Mass Was Said / Coady, Michael -- Parnell -- Where a Soldier Was Killed -- At ...
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Agriculture; Cemeteries; Dissenters, Religious; Famine, 1845-1852; Folk poetry; Folklore; Gangs; Historic sites; History; Ireland; Land use; Legal status, laws, etc.; local legends; Manners and customs; Occupations; Severe storms; Supernatural beings; Traditional medicine; Treasure troves; Weather
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4758573
http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:4758573
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