• The Irish Folklore Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann) was set up in 1935 by the Irish Government to study and collect information on the...
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  • Irish folklore (Irish: béaloideas) refers to the folktales, balladry, music, dance and mythology of Ireland. It is the study and appreciation of how people...
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  • by the Irish Folklore Commission in 1948". iMuseum. Retrieved 3 January 2021. Briody, Mícheál (9 February 2008). "Keepers of the folklore". Irish Times...
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    Peig Sayers (category Pages with Irish IPA)
    Ireland. Seán Ó Súilleabháin, the former Chief archivist for the Irish Folklore Commission, described her as "one of the greatest woman storytellers of recent...
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    Leprechaun (redirect from Irish Leprechaun)
    A leprechaun (Irish: lucharachán/leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy...
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    Brigid's cross (category Culture of Ireland)
    Brigid's crosses collected by the Irish Folklore Commission is on display at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life. Brigid's crosses broadly...
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    Dullahan (category Irish folklore)
    The Dullahan (Irish: Dubhlachan; dúlachán, /ˈduːləˌhɑːn/) is a type of legendary creature in Irish folklore. He is depicted as a headless rider on a black...
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    Little People. Noted Irish playwright Lady Gregory also collected folk stories to preserve Irish history. The Irish Folklore Commission gathered folk tales...
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    Connaught Irish spoken in the Gaeltacht and was appointed by Professor Séamus Ó Duilearga (1899–1980) as a part-time collector for the Irish Folklore Commission...
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    having preserved almost 2,000 Irish songs and dance-tunes as part of the work he did with the Irish Folklore Commission. Ennis is widely regarded as one...
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  • In Ireland, de Valera had been instrumental in setting up the Irish Folklore Commission in 1935 which recorded not only living and dying Irish dialects...
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  • In Ireland, de Valera had been instrumental in setting up the Irish Folklore Commission in 1935 which recorded not only living and dying Irish dialects...
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    Darby O'Gill and the Little People (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
    Malloy Walt Disney conceived the film during a trip to Ireland with the Irish Folklore Commission in 1947. The following year, Disney announced he would...
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  • Seán Ó Súilleabháin (category Irish folklorists)
    December 1996) was a teacher and folklorist with the Irish Folklore Commission. He was a native Irish speaker from County Kerry. Educated at St. Brendan's...
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    were made by the Irish Folklore Commission and others. Newfoundland, in eastern Canada, had a form of Irish derived from the Munster Irish of the later 18th...
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  • of the Irish Folklore Commission, set up by the government under the direction of Séamus Ó Duilearga to study and collect information on folklore and traditions...
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    the Irish Folklore Commission in 1948, Douglas: Manx National Heritage, 2003, p.12 Biography portal The complete 1948 Irish Folklore Commission recordings...
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  • Gancanagh (category Irish folklore)
    geancánach or ganconer. Sources collected from County Meath by the Irish Folklore Commission indicate that the word (pronounced gankanah or gankaneh) could...
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    Aos Sí (category Irish folklore)
    the Irish name for a supernatural race in Gaelic folklore, similar to elves. They are said to descend from the Tuatha Dé Danann or the gods of Irish mythology...
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    Carna, County Galway (category Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names)
    of the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War, Carna was a major center for the work of the Irish Folklore Commission in recording Ireland's endangered...
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    Connemara (redirect from Connemara, Ireland)
    area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity...
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    blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore. Other spelling variants include shillelah, shillalah, and shillaly...
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  • Mike Cottingham (category Irish folklorists)
    the Irish Folklore Commission. Cottingham was a native of Raheen, Caherlistrane, and was a notable contributor during the early years of the Irish Folklore...
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  • work recording the last native speakers of the language with the Irish Folklore Commission and the Manx Museum helped to ensure that a spoken record of the...
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    Declaration of War (1888–89 – Private Collection) Evicted (1890 – The Irish Folklore Commission University College Dublin) The Camel Corps (1891) Halt in a Forced...
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  • Kerry–Roscommon All-Ireland Football Final. 22 November – Walt Disney arrives in Dublin. He has a meeting with the Irish Folklore Commission to further his...
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    of the Great Famine in Ireland (Irish: An Gorta Mór or An Drochshaol, litt: The Bad Life) followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and...
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  • Simon Coleman (artist) (category 20th-century Irish painters)
    Behalf of the Irish Folklore Commission". Béaloideas. 76: 267–275. ISSN 0332-270X. University College Dublin, The Department of Irish Folklore (1993). AMHARC...
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  • Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (category Folklore studies)
    classified according to the ATU index Aarne-Thompson index to the Irish Folklore Commission online collection Online Repository of the Uysal-Walker Archive...
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  • Patricia Lysaght (category Presidents of the Folklore Society)
    qualifications in Irish Language and Literature, and Irish and European Folklore and Ethnology. She completed her PhD at the National University of Ireland in 1982...
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