Tuesday, May 6, 2014

1937'38 Folklore Project and South Kildare Schools



On Tuesday, 6th May at 7.00 p.m. Mary Orford from Kilcullen will give a talk in Athy’s Town Hall on the 1937/38 School Folklore Project, with particular emphasis on the local schools involved.  These schools included the Christian Brothers, Convent of Mercy, Skerries, Kilberry, Levitstown and Churchtown National Schools.  Copies of the original scripts submitted by some of the young pupils 75 years ago will be on display.  It will be a unique opportunity for family members of those pupils and hopefully some of those pupils themselves to see the work which now forms part of Ireland’s historic folklore collection.

The following are the names of the school children who took part in the Folklore Project.

ATHY C.B.S.
Anthony Byrne,  Rathstewart                         Donnacha O’Maoldownaigh, Foxhill
John Day, Barrack Street                                Joe O’Rourke, Canalside
Joseph Leonard, Blackparks                           Peter O’Rourke, Geraldine Road
Dominic Logue, 6 Bleach Cottages                Martin Rigney
Hugh McEntee, Dooley’s Terrace                  John Wall, 2 Bleach Cottages


CHURCHTOWN NATIONAL SCHOOL
Mary Connor                           Castlemitchell
Eileen Heydon                                    Brownstown
John Nolan                              Rheban
Eileen Prendergast                  Churchtown
Brigid Walsh                           Rheban
Mary Wright                           Castlemitchell

CONVENT OF MERCY, ATHY
Winnie Day                             Town Hall
Madge McCauley                   32 Leinster Street
Nora Moran                             Graiguecullen

KILBERRY NATIONAL SCHOOL
Daniel Brennan                       Bert Cross
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Edward Pender
Margaret Hutchinson
Mary Hutchinson
William Hutchinson

LEVITSTOWN NATIONAL SCHOOL
Josephine Byrne
Kathleen Kenna


SKERRIES NATIONAL SCHOOL
Patrick Berry                           Skerries
Laurence Blanchfield              Youngstown
Brigid Dempsey                      Chapel Farm
Julia Dempsey
Lizzie Dunne                           Kilmeade
Nancy Fleming                        Fontstown
Christy Heffernan                   Fontstown
Nancy Gilligan                        Rathconnell
Kathleen Gilligan
Nancy Kavanagh                    Ardellis
Sadie Keegan                          Springhill
Joseph Mahon                         Ballinabarna
Paddy Molloy                         Booleigh
Frances Redmond                   Ardnagrass
John Tansey                            Ballitore


The lecture which will commence at 7.00 p.m. is free and should prove of interest, especially for family members of the young pupils who took part in the Folklore Project so many years ago.
                       

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