1937'38 Folklore Project and South Kildare Schools

On Tuesday, 6^th 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.