Record of Folklore Exhibition in Library

In November 2013, Kilcullen Library hosted a commemorative event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Schools Folklore Collection, writes Mary Orford.

From 1937 to 1938, pupils in two local schools — Kilcullen Girls National School (now the Parish Centre) and Brannockstown National School — contributed material on local history to a national collection which today is housed in the Department of Folklore in University College, Dublin.

With the kind permission of the National Folklore Collection, there is now a folder of the material from the exhibition available in Kilcullen Library. You can marvel at the beautiful handwriting, find out what life was like in the 1930s, and read about local place names, cures, proverbs, games children played, and ghost stories.

Call in to the library and take a walk down memory lane.