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The Main Injector is used to deliver a 120 GeV high power proton beam for Neutrino experiments. The design power of 700 kW was reached in early 2017 but further improvements have seen a new sustained peak power of 893 kW. Two of the main improvements include the shortening of the Main Injector ramp length as well optimizing the slip-stacking procedure performed in the Recycler to reduce the amount of uncaptured beam making its way into the Main Injector. These improvements will be discussed in this paper as well future upgrades to reach higher beam powers., Proceedings of the 5th North American Particle Accelerator Conference, NAPAC2022, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Francis Cottington played a key role in Anglo-Spanish diplomacy for some thirty years, beginning in 1605. Though he advised against Prince Charles¿s impetuous expedition to Madrid in 1623 he accompanied him as his paymaster ¿ no easy task, given his young master¿s extravagant tastes. That experience stood him in good stead when he returned to Spain in 1630 as ambassador extraordinary to negotiate with the Conde de Olivares. He had by then acquired a reputation as an expert on all matters Spanish., Francis Cottington desempeñó un papel clave en la diplomacia angloespañola durante unos treinta años, comenzando en 1605. Aunque desaconsejó la impetuosa expedición del príncipe Carlos a Madrid en 1623, lo acompañó como su contador, tarea nada fácil, dados los gustos extravagantes de su joven maestro. Esa experiencia le fue muy útil cuando regresó a España en 1630 como embajador extraordinario para negociar con el Conde de Olivares. Para en- tonces había adquirido fama de experto en cosas de España., Área de Historia del Arte

Francis Cottington played a key role in Anglo-Spanish diplomacy for some thirty years, beginning in 1605. Though he advised against Prince Charles¿s impetuous expedition to Madrid in 1623 he accompanied him as his paymaster ¿ no easy task, given his young master¿s extravagant tastes. That experience stood him in good stead when he returned to Spain in 1630 as ambassador extraordinary to negotiate with the Conde de Olivares. He had by then acquired a reputation as an expert on all matters Spanish. Francis Cottington desempeñó un papel clave en la diplomacia angloespañola durante unos treinta años, comenzando en 1605. Aunque desaconsejó la impetuosa expedición del príncipe Carlos a Madrid en 1623, lo acompañó como su contador, tarea nada fácil, dados los gustos extravagantes de su joven maestro. Esa experiencia le fue muy útil cuando regresó a España en 1630 como embajador extraordinario para negociar con el Conde de Olivares. Para en- tonces había adquirido fama de experto en cosas de España. Área de Historia del Arte

For some curiosos impertinentes of the Victorian era Spain offered a means of escape and self-discovery. Edward Churton, an Archdeacon and theologian, was a hispanist a distancia who fell in love with Spanish poetry and, in his remote Yorkshire rectory, wrote the first scholarly study of Góngora to be published in England. By contrast, Hugh James Rose, no intellectual, lived «among the Spanish people» (the title of one of his two books), first at Linares and later at Cadiz and Madrid, learning lessons in the art of living. His wide-ranging and sympathetic observations are of value to social historians. Para algunos «curiosos impertinentes» de la era victoriana, España proporcionó un medio de escape y de autodescubrimiento. Edward Churton, archidiácono y teólogo, fue un hispanista a distancia que se enamoró de la poesía española y, desde su remota rectoría en Yorkshire, escribió el primer estudio académico sobre Góngora que se publicó en Inglaterra. Por el contrario, Hugh James Rose no fue un intelectual, sino que vivió «entre el pueblo español» (el título de uno de sus dos libros), primero en Linares y después en Cádiz y Madrid, tomando lecciones del arte de vivir. Sus observaciones, empáticas y de amplios intereses, poseen valor para los historiadores sociales.

José María Blanco White used his social connections in London for the benefit of less fortunate compatriots, afrancesados as well as liberales, by obtaining subsistence grants for them from the Royal Literary Fund, a charity founded for the relief of writers in need, of which his close friend James Christie was Registrar., José María Blanco White empleó sus contactos sociales en Londres en beneficio de sus compatriotas menos afortunados, tanto afrancesados como liberales, obteniendo subsidios para ellos del Royal Literary Fund, institución caritativa fundada para el socorro de escritores necesitados, de la cual su íntimo amigo James Christie era Secretario.

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In this paper we construct analytical estimates of the elasticity of VAT revenues with respect to underlying gross income and expenditure for Ireland. The responsiveness of VAT revenue from households in Ireland to changes in household gross income steadily increased up to the late 2000s. The introduction of the income levy and the doubling of the health levy resulted in a reduction in the VAT elasticity, as higher income tax rates also reduced disposable incomes. This spill-over effect highlights the importance of judging the broader implications of tax policy. It also suggests that policymakers during any subsequent fiscal crisis should be cautious when choosing the composition of tax adjustments, as there is a clear trade-off to be made. The VAT revenue elasticity is lower for Ireland than estimates for the UK, New Zealand and Australia, possibly reflecting the greater progressivity of the Irish income tax system compared to other OECD countries.

To provide 700 kW proton beams for neutrino production in the NuMI facility, we employ slip stacking in the Recycler with transfer to the Main Injector for recapture and acceleration. Slip stacking with 12 Booster batches per 1.33 sec cycle of the Main Injector has been implemented and extensive operation with 8 batches and 10 batches per MI cycle has been demonstrated. Operation in this mode since 2013 shows that loss localization is an essential component for long term operation. Beam loss in the Recycler will be localized in a collimation region with design capability for absorbing up to 2 kW of lost protons in a pair of 20-Ton collimators (absorbers). This system will employ a two stage collimation with a thin Mo scattering foil to define the bottom edge of both the injected and decelerated-for-slipping beams. Optimization and engineering design of the collimator components and radiation shielding are based on comprehensive MARS15 simulations predicting high collimation efficiency as well as tolerable levels of prompt and residual radiation. The system installation during the Fermilab 2016 facility shutdown will permit commissioning in the subsequent operating period., Proceedings of the North American Particle Accelerator Conf., NAPAC2016, Chicago, IL, USA

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This research examines the process of early capitalism in Japanese history. Generally it is thought that capitalism developed in the years leading to the Meiji Restoration. Like European models of early capitalist development in handicraft and cottage industries, Japan went through a similar process. Development of rural trade and small-scale capitalism sowed the seeds that broke feudal bonds and resulted in the mass factory system that made modern capitalist Japan., この研究は日本の歴史の早期資本主義の過程を分析します。一般にそれは明治維新に至るまで発展しています。ヨーロピアンモデルの様な早期資本主義は、手工芸や家内工業などから発展しています。日本も同じような過程を通っています。, 論文

To develop a statistical sampling procedure for spatially-correlated uncertainties in deformable image registration and then use it to demonstrate their effect on daily dose mapping.Sequential daily CT studies are acquired to map anatomical variations prior to fractionated external beam radiotherapy. The CTs are deformably registered to the planning CT to obtain displacement vector fields (DVFs). The DVFs are used to accumulate the dose delivered each day onto the planning CT. Each DVF has spatially-correlated uncertainties associated with it. Principal components analysis (PCA) is applied to measured DVF error maps to produce decorrelated principal component modes of the errors. The modes are sampled independently and reconstructed to produce synthetic registration error maps. The synthetic error maps are convolved with dose mapped via deformable registration to model the resulting uncertainty in the dose mapping. The results are compared to the dose mapping uncertainty that would result from uncorrelated DVF errors that vary randomly from voxel to voxel.The error sampling method is shown to produce synthetic DVF error maps that are statistically indistinguishable from the observed error maps. Spatially-correlated DVF uncertainties modeled by our procedure produce patterns of dose mapping error that are different from that due to randomly distributed uncertainties.Deformable image registration uncertainties have complex spatial distributions. The authors have developed and tested a method to decorrelate the spatial uncertainties and make statistical samples of highly correlated error maps. The sample error maps can be used to investigate the effect of DVF uncertainties on daily dose mapping via deformable image registration. An initial demonstration of this methodology shows that dose mapping uncertainties can be sensitive to spatial patterns in the DVF uncertainties.

To provide a proof of concept validation of a novel 4D cone-beam CT (4DCBCT) reconstruction algorithm and to determine the best methods to train and optimize the algorithm.The algorithm animates a patient fan-beam CT (FBCT) with a patient specific parametric motion model in order to generate a time series of deformed CTs (the reconstructed 4DCBCT) that track the motion of the patient anatomy on a voxel by voxel scale. The motion model is constrained by requiring that projections cast through the deformed CT time series match the projections of the raw patient 4DCBCT. The motion model uses a basis of eigenvectors that are generated via principal component analysis (PCA) of a training set of displacement vector fields (DVFs) that approximate patient motion. The eigenvectors are weighted by a parameterized function of the patient breathing trace recorded during 4DCBCT. The algorithm is demonstrated and tested via numerical simulation.The algorithm is shown to produce accurate reconstruction results for the most complicated simulated motion, in which voxels move with a pseudo-periodic pattern and relative phase shifts exist between voxels. The tests show that principal component eigenvectors trained on DVFs from a novel 2D/3D registration method give substantially better results than eigenvectors trained on DVFs obtained by conventionally registering 4DCBCT phases reconstructed via filtered backprojection.Proof of concept testing has validated the 4DCBCT reconstruction approach for the types of simulated data considered. In addition, the authors found the 2D/3D registration approach to be our best choice for generating the DVF training set, and the Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm the most robust optimization routine.

To present a novel method for reconstructing the 3D pose (position and orientation) of radio-opaque applicators of known but arbitrary shape from a small set of 2D x-ray projections in support of intraoperative brachytherapy planning.The generalized iterative forward projection matching (gIFPM) algorithm finds the six degree-of-freedom pose of an arbitrary rigid object by minimizing the sum-of-squared-intensity differences (SSQD) between the computed and experimentally acquired autosegmented projection of the objects. Starting with an initial estimate of the object's pose, gIFPM iteratively refines the pose parameters (3D position and three Euler angles) until the SSQD converges. The object, here specialized to a Fletcher-Weeks intracavitary brachytherapy (ICB) applicator, is represented by a fine mesh of discrete points derived from complex combinatorial geometric models of the actual applicators. Three pairs of computed and measured projection images with known imaging geometry are used. Projection images of an intrauterine tandem and colpostats were acquired from an ACUITY cone-beam CT digital simulator. An image postprocessing step was performed to create blurred binary applicators only images. To quantify gIFPM accuracy, the reconstructed 3D pose of the applicator model was forward projected and overlaid with the measured images and empirically calculated the nearest-neighbor applicator positional difference for each image pair.In the numerical simulations, the tandem and colpostats positions (x,y,z) and orientations (alpha, beta, gamma) were estimated with accuracies of 0.6 mm and 2 degrees, respectively. For experimentally acquired images of actual applicators, the residual 2D registration error was less than 1.8 mm for each image pair, corresponding to about 1 mm positioning accuracy at isocenter, with a total computation time of less than 1.5 min on a 1 GHz processor.This work describes a novel, accurate, fast, and completely automatic method to localize radio-opaque applicators of arbitrary shape from measured 2D x-ray projections. The results demonstrate approximately 1 mm accuracy while compared against the measured applicator projections. No lateral film is needed. By localizing the applicator internal structure as well as radioactive sources, the effect of intra-applicator and interapplicator attenuation can be included in the resultant dose calculations. Further validation tests using clinically acquired tandem and colpostats images will be performed for the accurate and robust applicator/sources localization in ICB patients.

To demonstrate the feasibility of reconstructing a cone-beam CT (CBCT) image by deformably altering a prior fan-beam CT (FBCT) image such that it matches the anatomy portrayed in the CBCT projection data set.A prior FBCT image of the patient is assumed to be available as a source image. A CBCT projection data set is obtained and used as a target image set. A parametrized deformation model is applied to the source FBCT image, digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) that emulate the CBCT projection image geometry are calculated and compared to the target CBCT projection data, and the deformation model parameters are adjusted iteratively until the DRRs optimally match the CBCT projection data set. The resulting deformed FBCT image is hypothesized to be an accurate representation of the patient's anatomy imaged by the CBCT system. The process is demonstrated via numerical simulation. A known deformation is applied to a prior FBCT image and used to create a synthetic set of CBCT target projections. The iterative projection matching process is then applied to reconstruct the deformation represented in the synthetic target projections; the reconstructed deformation is then compared to the known deformation. The sensitivity of the process to the number of projections and the DRR/CBCT projection mismatch is explored by systematically adding noise to and perturbing the contrast of the target projections relative to the iterated source DRRs and by reducing the number of projections.When there is no noise or contrast mismatch in the CBCT projection images, a set of 64 projections allows the known deformed CT image to be reconstructed to within a nRMS error of 1% and the known deformation to within a nRMS error of 7%. A CT image nRMS error of less than 4% is maintained at noise levels up to 3% of the mean projection intensity, at which the deformation error is 13%. At 1% noise level, the number of projections can be reduced to 8 while maintaining CT image and deformation errors of less than 4% and 13%, respectively. The method is sensitive to contrast mismatch between the simulated projections and the target projections when the soft-tissue contrast in the projections is low.By using prior knowledge available in a FBCT image, the authors show that a CBCT image can be iteratively reconstructed from a comparatively small number of projection images, thus saving acquisition time and reducing imaging dose. This will enable more frequent daily imaging during radiation therapy. Because the process preserves the CT numbers of the FBCT image, the resulting 3D image intensities will be more accurate than a CBCT image reconstructed via conventional backprojection methods. Reconstruction errors are insensitive to noise at levels beyond what would typically be found in CBCT projection data, but are sensitive to contrast mismatch errors between the CBCT projection data and the DRRs.

To experimentally validate a new algorithm for reconstructing the 3D positions of implanted brachytherapy seeds from postoperatively acquired 2D conebeam-CT (CBCT) projection images.The iterative forward projection matching (IFPM) algorithm finds the 3D seed geometry that minimizes the sum of the squared intensity differences between computed projections of an initial estimate of the seed configuration and radiographic projections of the implant. In-house machined phantoms, containing arrays of 12 and 72 seeds, respectively, are used to validate this method. Also, four 103Pd postimplant patients are scanned using an ACUITY digital simulator. Three to ten x-ray images are selected from the CBCT projection set and processed to create binary seed-only images. To quantify IFPM accuracy, the reconstructed seed positions are forward projected and overlaid on the measured seed images to find the nearest-neighbor distance between measured and computed seed positions for each image pair. Also, the estimated 3D seed coordinates are compared to known seed positions in the phantom and clinically obtained VariSeed planning coordinates for the patient data.For the phantom study, seed localization error is (0.58 +/- 0.33) mm. For all four patient cases, the mean registration error is better than 1 mm while compared against the measured seed projections. IFPM converges in 20-28 iterations, with a computation time of about 1.9-2.8 min/ iteration on a 1 GHz processor.The IFPM algorithm avoids the need to match corresponding seeds in each projection as required by standard back-projection methods. The authors' results demonstrate approximately 1 mm accuracy in reconstructing the 3D positions of brachytherapy seeds from the measured 2D projections. This algorithm also successfully localizes overlapping clustered and highly migrated seeds in the implant.

Real-time tumor targeting involves the continuous realignment of the radiation beam with the tumor. Real-time tumor targeting offers several advantages such as improved accuracy of tumor treatment and reduced dose to surrounding tissue. Current limitations to this technique include mechanical motion constraints. The purpose of this study was to investigate an alternative treatment scenario using a moving average algorithm. The algorithm, using a suitable averaging period, accounts for variations in the average tumor position, but respiratory induced target position variations about this average are ignored during delivery and can be treated as a random error during planning. In order to test the method a comparison between five different treatment techniques was performed: (1) moving average algorithm, (2) real-time motion tracking, (3) respiration motion gating (at both inhale and exhale), (4) moving average gating (at both inhale and exhale) and (5) static beam delivery. Two data sets were used for the purpose of this analysis: (a) external respiratory-motion traces using different coaching techniques included 331 respiration motion traces from 24 lung-cancer patients acquired using three different breathing types [free breathing (FB), audio coaching (A) and audio-visual biofeedback (AV)]; (b) 3D tumor motion included implanted fiducial motion data for over 160 treatment fractions for 46 thoracic and abdominal cancer patients obtained from the Cyberknife Synchrony. The metrics used for comparison were the group systematic error (M), the standard deviation (SD) of the systematic error (sigma) and the root mean square of the random error (sigma). Margins were calculated using the formula by Stroom et al. [Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys. 43(4), 905-919 (1999)]: 2sigma + 0.7sigma. The resultant calculations for implanted fiducial motion traces (all values in cm) show that M and sigma are negligible for moving average algorithm, moving average gating, and real-time tracking (i.e., M and sigma = 0 cm) compared to static beam (M = 0.02 cm and sigma = 0.16 cm) or gated beam delivery (M = -0.05 and 0.16 cm at both exhale and inhale, respectively, and sigma = 0.17 and 0.26 cm at both exhale and inhale, respectively). Moving average algorithm sigma = 0.22 cm has a slightly lower random error than static beam delivery sigma = 0.24 cm, though gating, moving average gating, and real-time tracking have much lower random error values for implanted fiducial motion. Similar trends were also observed for the results using the external respiratory motion data. Moving average algorithm delivery significantly reduces M and sigma compared with static beam delivery. The moving average algorithm removes the nonstationary part of the respiration motion which is also achieved by AV, and thus the addition of the moving average algorithm shows little improvement with AV. Overall, a moving average algorithm shows margin reduction compared with gating and static beam delivery, and may have some mechanical advantages over real-time tracking when the beam is aligned with the target and patient compliance advantages over real-time tracking when the target is aligned to the beam.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from High St., Belmont (school) (Belmont, Co. Offaly), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher M. Ó Rignigh., Hidden Treasure - Fadden, Belmont / Cassidy, Edward -- Hidden Treasure -- Folklore - Hidden Treasure / Murphy, Martin -- Folklore - Old Graveyards / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Old Graveyards / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Mull na Cille / Egan, Kieran -- Folklore - Burial Customs / Daly, John -- Folklore - Old Graveyards / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Holy Men / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Egan, Kieran -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Reddin, James -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Fitzgerald, James -- Folklore - The Lamb Racehorse / Fitzgerald, James -- Folklore / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Storms / Reddin, James -- Folklore - Storms / Egan, Kieran -- Folklore - Storms / Murphy, Martin -- Folklore - The Famine / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - The Famine / Fitzgerald, James -- Folklore - The Famine / Daly, John -- Folklore - Potato Crop / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Poets / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Cures / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Killygally / Cassidy, Edward -- Folklore - Prayers / Cassidy, Edward, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Knockerra (B.) Killimer (school) (Knockerra, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Cuinneagáin., Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballyvaughan who had poteen hidden in a bog. / Connell, Michael O' -- Long ago a man named Driscoll lived in the parish of Killimer. / Culligan, Michael -- There was a man in Labasheeda and he had one son and he was very sick. / Walsh, Martin -- Long ago the old people used believe that there was ghosts there nowadays... / Moloney, Peter Paul -- One night a man was coming home from a dance and he had to go through two forts. / Walsh, John -- Once upon a time a beggar who was very strong came to a house and asked for a pipeful of tobacco and the man of the house said that he would give it to him.... / Bonfield, Joseph -- Once upon a time there was a tailor who went around from house to house making clothes for the people. / Conway, John -- Once upon a time there was a widow living in the side of the road and she had one cow who supplied her with milk. / Conway, John -- Hidden Treasure / Culligan, Michael -- Long ago the old people did not like to interfere with black thorn bushes but there was an old man that would not believe in it. / Culligan, Michael -- Once upon a time there was an old man living in North Clare. / Walsh, John -- When St. Senan was dying in Scattery he left a special favour to a family named Hedderman that whatever request they asked through him would always be granted. / Cunningham, John -- There is an old story attached to Knockerra Lake. / Walsh, Martin -- There is an old story told about a fort in Burrane. / Brien, John O' -- Not far from Cooraclare there is an old fort in a farm belonging to Thomas Collins which was supposed to be haunted by two withered old men. / Crowley, Patrick -- Once upon a time there lived a man in the townland of Cassernagh who was very fond of going around the neighbourhood playing cards. / Keane, Samuel -- Many years ago in the days of St. Senan there lived near the lake a chieftain named Mac Tail. / Cunningham, John -- One day as a man named Madigan was ploughing near Molougha Lake he found a large flag. / Cunningham, John -- Hidden Treasure / Cunningham, John -- Long ago people would go to town to get wool carded at Glynn's mill and it was often late when they would come home. / Moloney, Patrick -- There is an old story told about Kilcarroll graveyard. / Brien, John O' -- There was a poor family in this vicinity by the name of Malone and their only livelihood was drawing turf to the market to sell it. / Walsh, Martin -- Hidden Treasure / Crowley, Patrick -- There is an old whitethorn bush growing about a mile and a half outside Kilrush and there is something connected with it. / Walsh, Martin -- One day a man named Madigan was shooting near the lake and he started a hare which disappeared into a quarry close by. / Cunningham, John -- In olden days there was a woman wandering from place to place named the Cipinagh... / Crowley, Patrick -- In the townland of Knockerra there lived a man by the name of Pat Moloney who had a famous black horse. / Moloney, Patrick -- At one time St. Senan's father had sown a field of wheat which was destroyed by crows rooting and carrying off the grain. / Cunningham, John -- In olden times it was customary for people to carry oats to the mill on horseback. / Cunningham, John -- One time when the Hickmans were landlords of Kilmore estate, the whole lot of the surrounding townlands were plagued with rats. / Keane, Samuel -- Once there lived in this locality a man named Clery who had a fort in his land. / Crowley, Patrick -- Long ago there was two old women were living near one another. / Brien, John O' -- There was a man living in Tarmon by the name of Nugent. / Moloney, Patrick -- One night many years ago an old woman who was travelling about the country went into a house in Tullycrine and asked the woman for something to eat. / Keane, Samuel -- One night as two men were returning from a house in the townland of Ballymacrinnan in which they were card playing. / Cunningham, John -- In the time of the famine in eighteen forty-six when thousands of poor people were dying... / Walsh, Martin -- In the townland of Kilcarrol in Thomas Keating's land there is a fort by the name of The Fort of The Black Dog. / Moloney, Patrick -- In the townland of Knockerra in a farm belonging to Mc Loughlin who let his farm for a year or so to a man named Tim Nolan who had cattle and a foal grazing the land. / Crowley, Patrick -- One night a man was reading a holy book. / Brien, John O' -- One night many years ago as a man was returning from Ennis in a horse and cart he had to pass over a bridge which was supposed to be haunted. / Keane, Samuel -- St. Senan's father possessed a farm of land in West Clare in which he usually kept a flock of cattle. / Cunningham, John -- One night as a man was returning from a fair in Miltown and he had to pass a lake which was supposed to be haunted. / Walsh, Martin -- One night a man was coming home from a horse fair in Ennis. / Moloney, Patrick -- One day a man was out hunting, he was hunting all the day and had walked very far and he was tired as he was returning home in the evening. / Brien, John O' -- In the hill of Knockerra it is supposed there is a collar of gold belonging to a wealthy chief who was killed there. / Crowley, Patrick -- In the days of the great famine there lived in Carradotia a townland in the parish of Killimer a man by the name of Patch Connell. / Cunningham, John -- One St. Stephen's night some years ago a certain man was coming from a neighbouring house which he was in the habit of visiting. / Keane, Samuel -- Biddy Early / Walsh, Martin -- Long ago there lived a woman in this locality. / Crowley, Patrick -- One day when St. Senan was living in Molougha he was out walking with his mother. / Brien, John O' -- In the townland of Kilcarrol there lived a man by the name of Pat Fennell. / Moloney, Patrick -- Once there lived in Doonagrogue a man by the name of Hodge who was a Protestant. / Cunningham, John -- Long ago when the famine was in this country people by the name of Gleazers came across the Shannon from Kerry to Clare. / Moloney, Patrick -- One day five or six men were stacking turf in a bog when one of the party had five or six stacks made.... / Walsh, Martin -- In the townland of Tullagomer there is a lone bush standing in the middle of this place in Gorman's land, it is supposed to be haunted... / Crowley, Patrick -- In the townland of Cassernagh in the land of a man named Breen there is a fort and in this fort it is supposed... / Keane, Samuel -- When Reeves was landlord of Bessborough and the surrounding district he forbade anyone to go hunting in his domain without his permission. / Cunningham, John -- Biddy Early / Walsh, Martin -- In the townland of Knockena there lived a highly respected family named Nugents and the oldest girl was at every dance for miles around her. / Crowley, Patrick -- Long ago when an old man was dying he had a good deal of money and there was no one living with him that he would give the money. / Brien, John O' -- In the townland of Tullycrine there lived a man by the name of Thomas Harvey. / Moloney, Patrick -- One night a man from Burrane named Madigan went to a cousin of his who was living in the townland of... / Cunningham, John -- There was once a man in this parish by the name of Sullivan who was very poor and he had a large family to support. / Lillis, George -- One time a man in Killimer dreamt that there was money hidden near the house. / Keane, James -- One day a man in Tarmon went out working in the farm himself and a servant boy. / Culligan, Senan -- A long time ago it happened near St. Carrol's Well in Kilcarol where a man named Maguire took a bucket of water out of the blessed well between nice and ten o'clock in the night... / Lucas, Michael -- Long ago when poor people were travelling around the country they usually got a nights lodging in some house. / Cunningham, John -- There was a man at one time who lived in Ireland and he was a great athlete and people from other countries cam across to fight him. / Lillis, George -- One time a man named Patrick Troy would go shooting to Molougha lake when the moon would be there. / Keane, James -- There is a story told with Martin Culligan who went on his cuaird to a neighbouring house. / Culligan, Senan -- A long time ago during the penal days when priests were not allowed in this country it is how they said Mass out in the open air. / Lucas, Michael -- One day as a priest was saying mass in a house in the townland of Ballymacrinnan he saw a cat in the corner... / Cunningham, John -- One day a man was shooting near Molougha lake he saw a number of swans swimming about the lake. / Cunningham, John -- There was a woman at one time who was making a churn and she could not make it and she was a long time at it. / Lillis, George -- There was a certain fort in this parish and there was a white horse seen on every night.... / Lillis, George -- There is a fort in the land of a man named Michael Mac Donnell, who lived in Tarmon... / Keane, James -- There is a story told about a man who was living in Tarmon. / Culligan, Senan -- Hidden Treasure / Lucas, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Cunningham, John -- Hidden Treasure / Lillis, George -- There was a man going to pig fair himself and his brother and they were on the road and not far from the fair... / Lillis, George -- Some years ago a man named Joe Browne was coming home from Kilrush. / Keane, James -- There is a story told about John Fennell. / Culligan, Senan -- There was a servant boy at one time who was very obedient to his master and his master sent him to town to sell a cow.... / Lillis, George -- In years gone by a Schooner was passing by Money point having for a cargo gold bars. / Murphy, Martin -- One November's night many years ago it happened that a certain man who was living in Killimer went to a neighbouring house playing cards. / Cunningham, John -- In the parish of Coolmeen there lives a family named Crehan's in years gone by. / Murphy, Martin -- When St. Senan lived in Molougha about two miles from Kilrush. / Keane, James -- Once upon a time there was boy who was living with his brothers in Carabawn. / Culligan, Senan -- Long ago there was an old tree growing near a certain house. / Brien, John O' -- One night as a young man was returning from his cuairt a small light appeared before him which frightened him very much. / Crowley, Patrick -- One day many years ago a priest was going around the parish. / Keane, Samuel -- Hidden Treasure / Murphy, Martin -- One time a man named Michael Mac Donnell was rooting a fort which was in his land, about three miles from Kilrush. / Keane, James -- There is a story told about two boys who went working to an outside farm. / Culligan, Senan -- There is a story told about a man who was coming from the town of Kilrush. / Culligan, Senan -- In the townland of Tullagower there lives a family named Clery who were very wealthy and they had a very small farm of land in which there was a fort and Mr Clery said is was a waste of land. / Crowley, Patrick -- Some time ago a man in this parish was working in Kilrush at Glynn's mill. / Keane, James -- There was a girl who lived in this parish and she was not able to walk without two crutches. / Culligan, Michael -- May day as it was called in olden times was a day in which many queer things happened and many strange stories are told about it. / Conway, John -- In days gone by a man named Henessy lived in Martin Reidy's house in the mail road. / Murphy, Martin -- There was a man long ago who lived a very holy life but he used never go to Mass. / Bonfield, Joseph -- About forty five years ago a terrible tragedy occurred not far from this parish when eighteen people were accidentally drowned in the Shannon. / Cunningham, John -- In olden days the battering ram was common and was used by landlords who was to collect the rent or tax from the people... / Crowley, Patrick -- Landlord / Lillis, George -- In a certain townland in the Parish of Knockerra there lived an honest farmer who for years could not get any produce from... / Murphy, Martin -- During the famine when the people were starving with the hunger a man from Kilmurry was brought to Kilrush... / Keane, James -- During the penal days in this country there lived a man by the name of Thomas Browne. / Moloney, Patrick -- St. Imy was born in Molougha and she had three brothers all of whom were saints. / Cunningham, John -- One time a man in Killimer had a servant boy working with him. / Keane, James -- Hidden Treasure / Murphy, Martin -- In olden times years before these modern conveniences were heard of turf boats were constantly plying between Limerick and Knock. / Murphy, Martin -- In olden times years before the modern conveniences were heard of turf boats were constantly plying between Limerick and Knock. / Murphy, Martin -- Long ago there was an English protestant buried in the Burrane Church ground near Knock Co.Clare... / Murphy, Martin -- Long ago many strange things were seen in Knockerra Lake. / Bonfield, Joseph -- There was a mermaid in the lake also. / Bonfield, Joseph -- Once upon a time there was a man living in Molougha by the name of Mr Mulqueen and he was going to America... / Connell, Michael O' -- Once upon a time a man lived Kilmaily and he had a horse with warts in her mouth... / Connell, Michael O' -- During the penal days when the English were going through the country an old man lived in Knocknahuane on the side of the road. / Moloney, Peter Paul -- Once upon a time a man was ploughing a field and a beggar came to him and asked for lodgings for three nights the man said he would let him sleep in the house... / Walsh, John -- Hidden Treasure / Conway, John -- Hidden Treasure / Bonfield, Joseph -- Hidden Treasure / Walsh, John -- Once upon a time there was a very strong man living near mount Callen and he had a free house and was supplied with food and drink by the neighbours around. / Connell, Michael O' -- Hidden Treasure / Moloney, Peter Paul -- Long ago a man and woman got married. / Moloney, Peter Paul -- Hidden Treasure / Bonfield, Joseph -- Once upon a time two men were coming from Ennis and the day was very wet and they had a horse and car. / Connell, Michael O' -- Long ago there was a poor boy travelling from house to house through the country and nothing would frighten him. / Lillis, George -- There was a certain man living in this parish and there was a tree growing near his house and the boy said he would cut it down but his master told him not to cut it. / Lillis, George -- Once upon a time a man was fishing in the Shannon and he caught a mermaid in the net an as soon as he saw her he.... / Bonfield, Joseph -- One night a man was coming home from a funeral in Miltown when he was passing out a bridge not far from Miltown a light appeared... / Walsh, John -- Once there lived in this parish a man who could cure people by drinking a few drops of their own blood. / Cunningham, John -- Long ago in Knockerra there lived a man named Dan Troy and he was going with the fairies. / Murphy, Martin -- Long ago a man was going around this part of the country. / Keane, James -- Hidden Treasure / Conway, John -- Once upon a time there were two giants living in Kerry and one day the tow of them came together to see which of them would put a stone the farthest and the stones... / Conway, John -- Once upon a time there was a poor man going around the roads. / Culligan, Michael -- Long ago there was a well in this parish and it was a great cure for sore eyes. / Culligan, Senan -- There is a house in the parish of Killimer in the townland of Donogrogue which is supposed to be haunted... / Walsh, Martin -- Signs of Bad Weather / Lillis, George -- St. Senan lived with his people in Molougha before he went Scattery, an island near Kilrush. / Keane, James -- One night as a man named Daly was returning from a house which he was in the habit of visiting and the rain began to fall so he went... / Cunningham, John -- One night when a man was going to bed about eleven o'clock he heard his horses galloping about the roads... / Walsh, Martin -- There was a certain fort in the townland of Trellig and a light would start from it when any near friend would be going to die and it would... / Lillis, George -- There is a gullet about two miles to the west of Knock which is supposed to be haunted. / Cunningham, John -- Long ago there was a man living in the parish of Killiner by the name of Driscoll and there was a fort near his house. / Lillis, George -- Long ago people were hunting on the top of Knockerra hill after mass and they rose a black hair and all the dogs followed him... / Lillis, George -- In years gone by Dan Troy was working at Patrick Howard's. / Murphy, Martin -- Song of the Shannon Disaster / Cunningham, John -- Long ago there a man living in the parish of Killimer and there was a fort near his house. / Lillis, George -- Kilrush / Cunningham, John -- Long ago there was a man living near Kilrush by the name of Charles Martin who was tenant to Mr Vanderluer and both of them were dead. / Lillis, George -- In the year of the famine three men came across from Tarbert in a boat to Clare for the purpose of stealing some turnips which belonged to a landlord. / Lillis, George -- Bogs of Sweet Derreen -- Long ago there was a man living in the parish of Killimer and there was a fort near his house. / Lillis, George -- There was a family at one time living in the parish of Killimer and there was a well near their house and they could not bring in the water once it would get dark. / Lillis, George -- People say that there is a cure in Walshe's blood for ring-worm. / Walsh, Martin -- Once upon a time a man was living in Knockerra who made potheen and the peelers heard about it, and they came to... / Bonfield, Joseph -- Once upon a time there was a man going on his cuard and as he was passing a house he heard music and dancing and he went in and started dancing with them. / Conway, John -- Once upon a time there was a man who dreamt that there was gold hidden under the western side of the cows cabin. / Conway, John -- Once upon a time there was a man coming from his cuard and he was passing a fort, / Culligan, Michael -- Once upon a time there was a man who was not afraid of anyone he said the king's army would not put fear on him. / Moloney, Peter Paul -- One day a man was putting down a gate and he had to dig a piece of a fort for to build the wall to hang the gate. / Walsh, John -- Once upon a time there was a man who did believe in fairy-thorns. / Walsh, John -- Hidden Treasure / Moloney, Patrick -- There was a man at one time living in the parish of Killimer and all his cattle were dying and there was a fort near his house. / Lillis, George -- Some people wanted to build a new house one time. / Walsh, Martin -- One night a man was in bed and he heard his horses galloping about the road. / Walsh, Martin -- Song about Knockerra Hill / Keane, James -- Once upon a time there was a man named Dan Troy who was supposed to be going with the fairies. / Bonfield, Joseph -- Biddy Early / Bonfield, Joseph -- Long ago there was a woman seen in a fort on the side of the road. / Culligan, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Culligan, Michael -- There was a girl going to school one day and for some reason she was afraid of the teacher and she played truant in a fort. -- One night a man was going in his cuard and he went into a certain meadow and it began to rain very heavy. / Walsh, Martin -- In the townland of Kilcarrol there lived a man in a small house by himself he was supposed to be able to set a charm to stop blood. / Moloney, Patrick -- Once upon a time there were races in Limerick and every one of this district went there except a man called Dan Troy. / Bonfield, Joseph -- One night two men were coming home from the Miltown fair they were not far from Miltown when a red-haired woman sat up on the car / Walsh, John -- One night two men were coming home from a dance and they were very hungry and they came to an orchard which was surrounded by a hedge. / Moloney, Peter Paul, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Barrack Hill, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (school) (Fermoy, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Tomás Ó Coileáin., Hidden Treasure / Sweeney, John -- Hidden Treasure / Walsh, Patrick -- Blessed Well / Clancy, Edward -- Minerals of the District / Sweeney, John -- Hidden Pot of Gold / Condon, Thomas -- Hidden Treasure / Higgins, John -- Funny Story / Sweeney, John Mac -- Folklore Tale / Clancy, Edward -- Folklore Tale - A Funny Story / Sullivan, Patrick -- Collection of Riddles / Murphy, Laurence -- Local Tale / Bratchford, John -- Folklore Tale / Maguire, John -- Funny Story -- Local Hero / Sweeney, John -- Local Hero / Sweeney, John -- Local Happening - The Big Flood / Sweeney, John Mac -- Local Snow-Storm / Fitzgerald, Con -- Old Local Crafts / Fitzgerald, Con -- My Home District / Sweeney, John Mac -- Our Holy Wells / Roche, David -- Local Forge / Roche, David -- Local Marriage Customs / Fitzgerald, Con -- Local Cures / Fitzgerald, Con -- Local Fairs / Fitzgerald, Con -- Clothes Made Locally / Fitzgerald, Con -- Old Houses / Fitzgerald, Con -- Old Graveyards / Murphy, Martin -- Potato Crop / Guire, John Mc -- Games I Play / Murphy, Martin -- Festival Customs / Murphy, Martin -- Hurling and Football Matches / Murphy, Martin -- Local Ruin / Murphy, Martin, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Scropul, Mullach (school) (Drummin, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher M. Ó Callanáin., Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Saint Senan / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Old Ruins / Murphy, Denis -- Story / Malley, Lily O' -- Story / Malley, Lily O' -- Story / Hehir, John -- Cúilneach / Hehir, John -- Story / Hehir, John -- Saint Senan / Killeen, Patrick -- Leacht de Laighin / Killeen, Patrick -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Carthy, Charles Mc -- Story / Carthy, Charles Mc -- Story / Carthy, Charles Mc -- Story / Lynch, Mary -- Story / Lynch, Mary -- Story / Lynch, Mary -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Gormsn, Mary O' -- A Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Guane, Margaret Mc -- Doolough Lake / Kelly, Nora -- Cúilneach / Kelly, Nora -- A Story / Moloney, Mary -- Story / Dooley, Mary -- Churning / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Carthy, Mary Mc -- Saint Ruan's Well / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Taking Away the Butter / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Guiney, May -- Churning / Guiney, May -- Story / Guiney, May -- Story / Murphy, Denis -- Churning / Killeen, Patrick -- Story / Hehir, John -- Churning / Carthy, Charles Mc -- Story / Killeen, Michael -- Story / Killeen, Michael -- Churning / Killeen, Michael -- Story / Killeen, Michael -- A Story / Guane, Margaret Mc -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Churning / Tubridy, Patrick -- Cúilneach / Killeen, Michael -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Carthy, Mary Mc -- Story / Guiney, May -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Sowing Potatoes / Gorman, Mary O' -- Hidden Gold / Killeen, Mary -- Piseoga / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Murphy, Martin -- Churning / Murphy, Martin -- Story / Murphy, Martin -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Cúilneach / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Guiney, May -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Carthy, Mary Mc -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Carthy, Mary Mc -- Blessed Well / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Guiney, May -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Carthy, Mary Mc -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Killeen, Michael -- Kilcolumb Crossroad / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Murphy, Martin -- Story / Killeen, Michael -- Story / Guiney, May -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Killeen, Mary -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Weather Guides / Hehir, John -- Churning / Kelly, Nora -- Old Ruins / Killeen, Patrick -- Pisreoga - A Story / Malley, Elizabeth O' -- Blessed Wells / Murphy, Denis -- Story / Murphy, Denis -- Churning / Murphy, Denis -- Saint Ruan's Well / Gorman, Mary O' -- Scattery Island / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Blessed Well / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Murphy, Denis -- Story / Murphy, Denis -- Story / Killeen, Susan -- Hidden Gold / Killeen, Susan -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Fairy Hen -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Tubridy, Patrick -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Killeen, Patrick -- Blessed Well / Killeen, Patrick -- Sowing Potatoes / Killeen, Patrick -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Gorman, Mary O' -- Story / Guane, Mary E. Mc -- Story / Moloney, Mary, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.