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Local Folklore Stories

Read from a collection of open-fire tales. Folklore that was total by locals in Claregalway in days gone by. Lost stories like Leeam O Rooney's Burial that have been rediscovered and are waiting and read and heard by every child and local in the area again.

  • Leeam O Rooney's Burial

    Leeam O Rooney's Burial

    from 'Beside the fire': a collection of Irish Gaelic folk stories
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