Joseph Suche/Zouche.Souche

Four drowned in the Shannon

1882-12-02 12:00:00

Travelling Folk in the 1930s

<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

1938-01-01 12:00:00

Cholera rages in Longford

<p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

1832-07-23 12:00:00

County Longford in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Tramore in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. </p>

1 Jan 1837

Philip Barron of Durrow House aimed to set up an Irish college in nearby Seafield

1835-01-01 12:00:00

1898 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

1900-04-08 12:00:00

1938 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

1938-09-04 12:00:00

Aghagower in the 1830s

<p>As described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Famine Distress in Ireland

<p>In the summer of 1822 a bad potato crop and limited employment opportunities created famine conditions in the west and south-west of Ireland. The partial failure of the potato crop in 1821 precipitated a food crisis, with extreme distress occurring in 9 counties from late April until mid-August 1822. In the month of July alone, over one million poor people in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, were estimated to be living on the verge of starvation in the month of July alone. Starvation and typhus caused deaths in many parts of the countryside and rural towns.</p>

1822-07-04 12:00:00

Foundation of Swinford GAA Club

1889-01-01 12:00:00

Kilconduff parish in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Swinford in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Foundation of Westport GAA Club

1971-01-01 12:00:00

Oughaval aka Aughaval in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Westport in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837.</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Kilmaclasser in the 1830s

<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

1837-01-01 12:00:00

Foundation of Emly GAA Club

1886-01-01 12:00:00