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Schools' Folklore Project

Welcome!
Why not get your school involved in the collection of folklore and share the history of your locality online?
In 1937 the Irish Folklore Commission initiated a unique scheme to preserve a vulnerable part of Ireland’s rich heritage. National Schools from around the country were enlisted to collect and record folklore from the older generations in their area. The resulting folklore collection, known as the Schools’ Manuscript Collection 1937 - 1938 is available in most county libraries around Ireland. Original manuscripts are archived in the National Folklore Collection.
The objective of this cross-curricular project is to recreate the 1937 scheme and is aimed at Upper Primary.
Participants can expect to:
Research the original manuscripts for their school or locality; often making connections with their ancestors
Interview older relatives or neighbours on the original topics laid out in the 1937 Scheme or, devise new topics relevant to their area
Record this information and upload it to your own section on this website to share with others
Teachers can use the Classroom Resource provided below to start the Schools’ Folklore Project and get students involved in the preservation of their own local history.

  • Classroom Resource - 'Bringing History to Life'

    Classroom Resource - 'Bringing History to Life'

  • Useful Sources & Publications:

    Useful Sources & Publications:

New contributions
  • "Running home - to Ballinrobe"
  • “The currach fed the people”
  • An afternoon with a currach fisherman
  • An extra passenger
  • Annual Famine Walk 2012
  • Autumn in Mayo
  • Ballinrobe visiting journalist: James Redpath (1833- 1891) and the verb 'To Boycott'
  • Ballinrobe's "Heritage Walk" booklet and plaques launched by Pulitzer Prize winner Ms. Maureen Dowd
  • Bessie Morrison
  • Clare master shipwright James Madigan
  • Coastal Winter: The Shore
  • County Kerry Club, Denny St Tralee
  • Damien Donnellan of Galway City Museum shares his research on the heritage of the Galway Hooker
  • Dean James Ronayne - served in St. Mary's Church RC, Ballinrobe
  • Documenting Ireland's last surviving traditional wooden boatyard
  • Doe Castle
  • Dónal Mac Polin artwork donated to National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
  • Engagement with the north-west continues
  • Family: The Godparents
  • First Communion at Lacken Church
  • Flying the Flag for Killeen in Chicago
  • Funny Irish Tales
  • Fury: Irish Cliffs
  • Gargoyle: The Horrors of Irish History
  • George Clarkson
  • Heated Repairs: Irish Craic
  • Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield
  • Historic Courthouse built c.1750 to be converted for Boxing Club
  • Industry on Clonmel's river islands
  • Irish Love
  • Irish traditional boats inspiring the next generation
  • John Reck - my time on the Dún Aengus and the Naomh Éanna
  • Kiely Occupants House No. 2
  • Kilcash Romanesque Church
  • Kilnatoora Castle
  • Kilrush Church
  • Launch of Wicklow Gaol Comrades: A Civil War Autograph Book
  • Louisburgh HQ
  • Magnificent Mayo
  • Mayo Crows
  • Mayo: Paradise Found
  • Michael Previté - RIP
  • Migrant Women: Shared Experiences
  • Moyne Abbey: Stone Wall
  • National Museum of Ireland seeks Naomh Éanna material and memories
  • Natural and Human Heritages Image1.jpg
  • New members' area test post
  • Obituary: Dr Willis, Oughterard, 1868
  • Orbsen - Ancient name of Lough Corrib
  • Oughterard engraving C.1867
  • Our Network Meeting 13th September 2022
  • Out of the Blue - A Little Book of Inspiration
  • Oweynagat - Cave of the Cats
  • Ox Mountains
  • Paradise in Mayo
  • Photos of Maria Gannon Craft, Irish-Born Woman on the Texas Frontier
  • Photos of Market Street, Ballinrobe (now Main St)
  • Presentation: the Life and Times of Saint Colmán, 9 November @ 8pm.
  • Pub
  • Pulling the Turf (Lissadrone Bog)
  • Rag tree by Doon Holy Well
  • Recording of the Graveyards in Kilgeever Parish
  • Redemption
  • Rev. Fr. Michael Byrne
  • Roscommon Town Market House, Court House, Sessions House, 1719.
  • Seasons in Mayo
  • Seaweed harvesting - the tools of the trade
  • Shellfish collecting objects from the Irish Folklife collection
  • Spanish Influenza Story Map
  • St. Nicholas Church and Graveyard/ Teampull na Plaighe
  • St. Patrick's Well
  • St. Ronan’s Church of Ireland, Dromiskin.
  • Step Eight: Irish Community Archive Network
  • Test page
  • The Deer: History
  • The Hobnail Boot & The Bothán
  • The Irish Hearth
  • The Irishman
  • The Lynches of Mayo
  • The O'Toole Family
  • The Wild River
  • Toberaheena Well, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
  • Universal Love Song
  • Universal Wedding Vows
  • Wild Atlantic Way: Killala Greenway, Mayo
  • Know Your 2K: Share the story of your local place
  • Schools' Folklore Project
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