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This thesis is a. local study of the nationwide calamity of the Irish famine 1845-1850 and how it effected the county of Queen's. In general it attempts to assess the overall effect of the famine on the population, who was effected and how they were effected. It gives a more in depth analysis of the relief measures that were carried out in the county and the government response to the disaster. The first chapter deals with the county as a whole and it's situation prior to the famine. It looks at the people of the county and the methods by which they supported themselves. They are broadly divided into two groups those who were land owning and those who rented land and worked it in small farm units. Of the later group the labourers who had very little land and who survived solely on the potato were the worst effected by the famine. The consequences for them of the failure of the potato crop were largely disease, death, or emigration. In the second chapter the aim is to assess the measures of relief that were provided by the government. The government largely left the responsibility of relief to the land owners. The kind of relief varied from public works, (roads,drainage and fencing) soup kitchens and food depots. The land owners in the county made great efforts to relieve distress but lack of resources finally meant that the government had to change their methods of relief. The new approach was a reliance on the Poor Law Unions for the relief of the destitute. In Queen's the records survive for the Mountmellick Union so what follows in the third chapter, is a case study of the union during the famine from the view of the Guardians who ran the workhouse. The day to day running of the house as well as the important issues which faced them as the famine worsened are examined. The conclusions reached include Queen's as being one of the worst effected counties in the province of Leinster in terms of population decline during the famine. Furthermore it seems that in general the relief measures established by the government and run by the land owners proved inadequate yet it must be said that the local property owners in general did all that was possible with the resources available to them.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Corra-bheagáin (school) (Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádhraic Mac Congamhna., In a certain village there lived a man who owned a cow. / Flynn, Peggy -- Once upon a time long ago there lived a man in a village called Curroy which is situated beside the public road and is three and a half miles south of Ballina. / Flynn, Peggy -- There was once a man long ago who lived in Ballymacredmond which is about three hundred yards from the public road and three and a half miles south of Ballina. / Flynn, Peggy -- Long ago in Ireland the young boys always gathered nuts for November's night. / Flynn, Peggy -- Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman who had three sons. / Flynn, Peggy -- There was once a man a long time ago living in Derrymonan. / Lynch, Kathleen -- Once upon a time there lived a man who made noggins / Lynch, Kathleen -- There was once a man a very long time ago living in Tavanaghmore, which is a mountainous district situated between Foxford and Ballina. / Lynch, Kathleen -- There was once a man and his wife living together. / Lynch, Kathleen -- There was once a man who had three cows. / Lynch, Kathleen -- There was once a priest who kept a servant boy. / Lynch, Kathleen -- Once upon a time there was a man who was very poor. / Lynch, Kathleen -- Once upon a time there lived an old piper who had no sense. / Lynch, Kathleen -- Once upon a time long ago it was said that there were two men making poteen in Raheen which is a place in a field belonging to Tom Timlin, Currabaggan. / Timlin, Agnes -- Once upon a time there was a man who left his penknife after him in the graveyard. / Timlin, Agnes -- There was once a couple and they had a servant boy. / Timlin, Agnes -- There was once a gentleman whose name was Colonel Martin. / Timlin, Agnes -- One day a man was drawing home his turf from the bog with his ass and cart. / Ferguson, Thomas -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Currabaggan who had three cows. / Ferguson, Thomas -- Once upon a time there was a man who used to be out late at night card playing. -- Once upon a time a woman and three maidens lived in a forest. / Hale, Nellie Mc -- Once upon a time there lived two women. They were neighbours. / Hale, Nellie Mc -- There were once three men who one morning were going to the fair. / Hale, Nellie Mc -- There was once a man from the parish of Backs who went to the fair in Castlebar. / Breslin, Rita -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Derrimonan which is a village in the parish of Backs. / Breslin, Rita -- Once upon a time there lived a man named Gobniu in Ireland. / Breslin, Rita -- Once upon a time there was a house in which a ghost was to be seen. / Hale, Nellie Mc -- Once upon a time there lived in a village a man and his wife. / Hale, Nellie Mc -- Once upon a time there was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. / Breslin, Rita -- About a hundred years ago there lived a little girl named Annie Deacy in a village named Knockmore in the parish of Bailenahaglish. / Flynn, Joan -- There were once two men living in a village near Foxford. / Flynn, Joan -- Once upon a time there were three brothers whose names were Dick, Harry and Tom. / Hale, Patrick Mc -- There was a tailor living in Currabaggan long ago. / Hale, Patrick Mc -- Pádraig Falson was a very poor man. He said to his wife Mary, "I must go to the forge to get my spade mended." / Hale, Patrick Mc -- Once upon a time there was a woman who had three sons. / Cannon, John -- Once upon a time there lived two sisters together in a mountain. / Cannon, John -- Ballymacredmond is a village situated in the parish of Ballynahaglish about four miles south of Ballina and convenient to the main road leading from Ballina to Pontoon. / Flynn, Peggy -- Over a hundred years ago a man named Dick Bourke lived in the village of Ballymacredmond. / Flynn, Peggy -- There was once a rich man who had a lot of servants. / Flynn, Peggy -- Once upon a time there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter. / Flynn, Peggy -- Long ago there lived a king who had a beautiful wife. / Flynn, Peggy -- There was once a king long ago and he had three sons. / Timlin, Agnes -- There was once a married couple and they had three daughters. / Timlin, Agnes -- There was once a man and his wife who had only two daughters. / Timlin, Agnes -- There is a field in Shanclough called the Chapel field and there was a Catholic chapel built on it in the olden times. / Langan, Mary -- Once upon a time, a man had three sons, and he was just as fond of one as he was of the other. / Langan, Mary -- Weather-Lore -- Signs of Rough and Bad Weather -- Riddles -- Old Marriage Customs -- Pádraig Bourke from Tooreen Knockmore in the parish of Backs was looked upon as the strongest man in the parish. -- Currabaggan is a village in the parish of Backs and is five miles south of Ballina to the west of the River Moy. / Flynn, Peggy, 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 Áth Treasna (C.) (school) (Newmarket, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin., Funny Story / Gearailt, Máire Ní -- Churning / Cleary, Sheila -- Local Songs / Donnell, Mona O' -- Stream Beneath the Hill / Browne, Joan -- Lizzy's Pony / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Local Song / Duggan, Noel -- My Cottage Home by Lough Sheilin's Side / Keane, Kitty -- Local Song / Kelleher, Peggy -- Local Song - Peter Crowley's Grave / Cleary, Sheila -- Local Song / Regan, Bridie -- Local Song / Barry, Hannah -- Local Song / Burns, Kathleen -- Funny Story / Burns, Kathleen -- Old Graveyards / Morrissey, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Hickey, Eileen -- Local Place Names / Connell, Kathleen O' -- Local Fairs / Morrissey, Mary -- Local Marriage Customs / Flynn, Joan O' -- Our Holy Wells / Browne, Joan -- Local Cures / Connell, Kathleen O' -- Games I Play / Keane, Kitty -- Local Ruins / Donnell, Mona O' -- Local Roads / Kelleher, Peggy -- Hidden Treasure / Fitzgerald, Mary T. -- Care of the Feet / Cleary, Sheila -- Riddles / Morrissey, Mary -- Fairy Forts / Cleary, Sheila -- My Home District / Connell, Kathleen O' -- My Home District / Hickey, Eileen -- My Home District / Cleary, Sheila -- My Home District / Morrissey, Mary -- Travelling Folk / Kelleher, Peggy -- Herbs / Browne, Joan -- Herbs / Browne, Joan -- Potato Crop / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Old Crafts / Kelleher, Peggy -- Funny Story / Daly, Kathleen -- Funny Story / Murphy, Hannah M. -- Old Story / Beechinor, Eileen -- Some years ago a man died leaving after him his wife and one daughter. / Leary, Maura O' -- Stories of the Holy Family / Kennedy, Peggy -- Stories of the Holy Family / Heelan, Chrissie -- Stories of the Holy Family / Walsh, Nora -- Stories of the Holy Family / Kennedy, Peggy -- Stories of the Holy Family / Murphy, Hannah M. -- Old Houses / Murphy, Hannah M. -- Local Poets / Daly, Kathleen -- Severe Weather / Heelan, Chrissie -- Penal Days / Corkery, Bridie, 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.